Claude Pro
#2 overall · $20/month
The highest score overall is ChatGPT Pro (80.0) at $100/month. For around $20 a month, Claude Pro is the best you can get, 1.4 points behind.
- Access to the strongest models we track — Claude Opus 5.5: 57.6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
- Weaker recent user reviews than rivals — 46% of App Store reviews in the last 30 days give 4–5 stars
- Overall
- ChatGPT Pro80.0
- Coding
- ChatGPT Pro82.7
- Best value
- Google AI Plus87.1
Recalculated every night from the latest data. Scores are absolute, so a plan only moves when something about it actually moves.
Rankings
29 Sept 2026Best all-round paid AI subscription.
| # | Plan | Score | Price | 30-day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ChatGPT Pro GPT-6 Pro (Astra) in Chat, and GPT-6 Astra and Sol in Codex with much higher allowances | 80.0 | $100 /month | —High confidence |
| 2 | Claude Max (20x) Everything in Pro. Fable only on paid usage credits. | 78.6 | $200 /month | —High confidence |
| 2 | Claude Max (5x) Everything in Pro. Fable only on paid usage credits. | 78.6 | $100 /month | —High confidence |
| 2 | Claude Pro Opus, Sonnet and Haiku. Fable only on paid usage credits. | 78.6 | $20 /month | —High confidence |
| 5 | Google AI Ultra (20x) Highest access to Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.1 Pro | 70.1 | $199.99 /month | —High confidence |
| 5 | Google AI Ultra (5x) Highest access to Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.1 Pro | 70.1 | $99.99 /month | —High confidence |
Are people happy paying for it?
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What changed
Only changes that affect whether something is worth paying for.
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : input token price decreased from $0.09/Mtok to $0.08/Mtok
- API priceGoogle: Gemma 4 26B A4B : output token price decreased from $0.30/Mtok to $0.26/Mtok
- RankingPerplexity Pro — Up 2 places in Best value
- RankingPerplexity Pro — Up 1 place in Overall
- model auto linkedGemini 3.8 Flash is now included in 3 Gemini plans (Google AI Pro, Google AI Ultra (5x), Google AI Ultra (20x))
- model auto linkedClaude Sonnet 5.5 is now included in 4 Claude plans (Claude Free, Claude Pro, Claude Max (5x), Claude Max (20x))
- New modelanthropic: added 1 model (anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5)
- RankingGoogle AI Ultra — Up 1 place in Overall
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