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Julius AI vs ChatGPT vs Claude

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 23 September 2026.

Written head to head: ChatGPT vs Claude, with when to choose each side.

Compared on
Julius AI

Free plan · from $16/mo

ChatGPT

Free plan · from $8/mo

Claude

Free plan · from $17/mo

What it isAI workspace for analysing data and turning it into charts, reports and slidesOpenAI's AI chat assistant for writing, research, images, voice and codingAnthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis, research and coding
Free planDaily credit allowance; Julius Lite models; limited presentation, image, video and website generation; Google Drive data connector.Unlimited text chats with GPT-5.6 Luna (subject to abuse guardrails); limited uploads, image generation, voice chats, deep research, memory and Codex accessChat on web, desktop and mobile with web search, file creation, code execution, memory, app connections and artifacts; less usage than Pro; no Claude Code or projects
Cheapest paid plan$16/mo billed annually (Plus)Julius AI pricing$8/mo (Go)ChatGPT pricing$17/mo billed annually (Pro)Claude pricing
What it covers1 seat; 2,000 credits per month (24,000 per year on annual billing) plus daily refresh credits.Go may include ads. Plus is $20/month. OpenAI's FAQ says Go and Plus are sold as monthly plans; annual plans are for Business and Enterprise.Annual billing is $200 paid up front. Includes Claude Code.
Free trialNone statedNone statedNone stated
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, macOSWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Chrome extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Analysing a sales or finance spreadsheet by asking questions
  • Turning data into charts and a shareable report or slide deck
  • Letting a team ask questions of a company data warehouse
  • Drafting and editing emails, reports and posts
  • Researching a topic with web search and deep research
  • Analysing a spreadsheet or document you upload
  • Drafting and editing long documents and emails
  • Summarising and analysing uploaded files
  • Researching a topic with web search
Watch out for
  • Usage is metered in credits; the Free plan has only a daily allowance
  • Plus and Pro include 1 seat; shared team workspaces with up to 50 members start at Business ($375 to $450 per month)
  • SSO, audit logging and fine-grained permissions are Enterprise features
  • Free and Go have limited uploads, image generation, voice, deep research and Codex access
  • The Go plan may include ads
  • Business plans start at 2 users; Enterprise and Edu pricing requires contacting sales
  • Claude Code, projects and task scheduling are not in the Free plan
  • Usage limits apply on Free and Pro; Max raises them 5x or 20x
  • Enterprise adds usage billed at API rates on top of the seat price
Made byCaesar Labs, Inc.OpenAIAnthropic

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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