Anthropic
Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool that handles bug fixes, tests and refactors from the terminal, IDE, desktop app or web.
Built on: Claude Opus, Sonnet and Haiku models (user-selectable)
Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .
- Task rank
- #1
- Tier
- S
- Score
- 94.9
Strengths
- Offers strong reasoning capabilities for complex debugging and multi-step coding challenges.
- Runs in the terminal, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, a desktop app and the web.
- Excels in code explanation and generating structured applications.
Considerations
- Not included in the free Claude plan; larger workloads need Max (5x–20x Pro usage) or API billing.
- Its deliberate, reasoning-heavy approach can be slower for simple tasks.
Price
Included in Claude Pro ($20/mo), Max ($100 or $200/mo), Team and Enterprise; or pay-as-you-go via API
Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.
Score breakdown
- Performance
- 96.0
- 55% of score
- Reputation
- 93.0
- 35% of score
- Recency
- 95.0
- 10% of score
The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →
Verification status
Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.
- Pricing
- Benchmark
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Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources
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