Claude Code

Code Generation

Verification stateActiveFields checked (see sources): Oct 14, 2026

Launched

May 22, 2025

Pricing

With Claude subscription

About

Anthropic's terminal AI coding assistant, generally available since May 2025 with Claude 4, driving multi-file development and automated workflows in natural language; the product page is now at claude.com/product/claude-code.

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Verification and sources

Verification state

Active

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Oct 14, 2026

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Version / scope

Terminal CLI, VS Code and JetBrains extensions, a desktop app (macOS, Windows) and the web surface (claude.ai/code); the docs say every surface runs the same engine

Runs on

macOS, Windows, Linux, Web, iOS, Android

Price checked

Plan: Pro. USD 20 per month

Pro is US$20/month billed monthly, or US$17/month with the annual plan (US$200 up front); Max starts at US$100/month; a Team standard seat is US$20/seat/month billed annually (US$25 monthly) and a premium seat US$100 (US$125 monthly).

Price checked: Oct 14, 2026

Suits

Work that moves between the terminal, an IDE and the cloud within one session: multi-file changes, filling in tests, commits and PR review, CI automation, and tool calls through MCP — the uses the official docs lead with.

Limits and caveats

Most surfaces require a Claude subscription or an Anthropic Console account: the official pricing page puts Claude Code in Pro and above and the free plan does not include it. With an API key it bills by token consumption — Anthropic's own docs put enterprise deployments at about US$13 per developer per active day and US$150–250 per developer per month. The desktop app is still beta on Ubuntu and Debian.

Sources

Claude Code docs — Overview (terminal, IDE extensions, desktop app, web; macOS/Linux/WSL/Windows) — read Oct 14, 2026, Supports: platforms, version/scope
Claude — Plans & pricing (Free / Pro / Max / Team / Enterprise) — read Oct 14, 2026, Supports: pricing
Claude Code docs — Costs (token billing; enterprise averages per developer) — read Oct 14, 2026, Supports: pricing

“Suits” and “Limits and caveats” are the desk’s assessment of the sources listed here, not a hands-on test.

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