Anthropic Claude vs. OpenAI API Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Claude
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Anthropic is an AI research company whose product, Claude, is an AI assistant available for a variety of business tasks. Boasting a 100K+ token windows, Claude can handle complex multi-step instructions over large amounts of content.
$20
per month
OpenAI API Platform
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
The OpenAI API platform provides a simple interface to AI models for text generation, natural language processing, computer vision, and other purposes.
$0
per  1K tokens
Pricing
Anthropic ClaudeOpenAI API Platform
Editions & Modules
Pro
$20
per month
Team - Standard
$30
per month per seat (minimum 5)
Team - Premium
$150
per month per seat (minimum 5)
Max
from $100
per month
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Ada
$0.0008
per  1K tokens
Babbage
$0.0012
per  1K tokens
Curie
$0.0060
per  1K tokens
Davinci
$0.0600
per  1K tokens
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ClaudeOpenAI API Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing and Pro, Max and Standard Team plans. Claude Code included in higher tier service. Usage-based billing available with API access plans with discount for batch processing.
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Community Pulse
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Anthropic is only the best for coding and its really really expensive. So, if you're not making a coding app, I would stay away from it. On the other hand, Gemini models are dirt cheap but come with a bit of performance limitations, so i would use it for big volume non …
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User Ratings
Anthropic ClaudeOpenAI API Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(3 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Anthropic ClaudeOpenAI API Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Anthropic
Claude is well suited to help build documentation, strategic plans, and document analysis very well. I just recently had a client ask me for Terms & Conditions of a new service offering we are developing. I had Claude look at some existing artifacts we have already created and added some additional key points, to develop our T&C. Claude helped streamline the process in a few hours, that could have take several days to weeks to fine tune
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OpenAI
For smaller organizations that run lean and would like to get to deploy a solution quickly. This is a solution that is easy and quick to develop. It has a good amount of customization. However, for advanced customization this might not be a good solution. I suggest experimenting with OpenAI API and then if the experimentation is successful then it is a good idea to optimize and try other LLM models.
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Pros
Anthropic
  • Document review and analysis
  • deeper analysis and recommendations
  • strategic planning
  • document preparation and template development
  • Problem solving internally and for external clients
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OpenAI
  • The developer experience is top notch. Their SDKs are super easy to use
  • Organization and project billing separation. You know where everything was consumed.
  • Playground. The playground is super useful to prototype without writing a single line of code
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Cons
Anthropic
  • Claude does not create graphical images
  • Claude does not create Office type documents (Word, Excel, etc.)
  • I would like to see Claude with more integrations points
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OpenAI
  • Restrictions are sometimes too strong
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Usability
Anthropic
Claude is a trusted platform from our perspective. We have been using this platform (paid version) more and more the past few months. The value returned is more than worth it. As more integrations points happen, we see Claude being a long term part of our ecosystem. Data creation, analysis, and assessments can be a tedious process. Claude delivers robust and efficient outcomes that help us for on higher level tasks.
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OpenAI
Easy to setup, develop and deploy. The payload for the API is simple and has all the inputs required for simple projects. There are a good number of options of LLM models to optimize for speed, cost or quality of the answers. A larger token input might improve the overall usability.
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Alternatives Considered
Anthropic
Anthropic Claude is just as good as any of the aforementioned platforms. We were using ChatGPT primarily before Claude. We have leaned more to Claude in recent months, but use other solutions to keep a balanced approach to research and analysis. We plan to keep Claude as a core component of our tech stack moving forward, as it has proven value time and time again.
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OpenAI
Anthropic is only the best for coding and its really really expensive. So, if you're not making a coding app, I would stay away from it. On the other hand, Gemini models are dirt cheap but come with a bit of performance limitations, so i would use it for big volume non sofisticated use cases. The OpenAI API platform excels at providing best in class performance models, at not outrageous anthropic-like pricing.
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Return on Investment
Anthropic
  • ROI is immediate in the consulting space. We draft documents for clients often and have the ability to produce exponential output with Claude.
  • Claude has allowed us to develop HTML and java code based on our requirements for a client. It has also helped identify bad code and shortened our development lifecycle
  • Claude has turned into a value added platform that we rely on to verify information and provide suggestions. We look at Claude as a strategic technology partner
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OpenAI
  • Big question about functionality
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