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Claude vs Claude Code

Both handle coding. Here is where they differ, and what people have made with each.

Claude

Anthropic

Claude is Anthropic's chat app. It handles long documents, writes and reviews code, and builds small apps and interactive pages you can share.

Pricing
Free plan
Platforms
web, desktop, mobile

Only Claude covers

Chat assistants, Writing, Research

Claude Code

Anthropic

Claude Code reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands and opens pull requests. It runs in the terminal, in IDEs and on the web.

Pricing
Paid
Platforms
desktop, web, plugin

Only Claude Code covers

App building