Anthropic's 2024 breakthrough — best-in-class coding, vision, and agentic computer use.
Claude 3.5 (Sonnet and Haiku) arrived in 2024 and immediately topped coding and vision benchmarks. Its Artifacts feature turned Claude from a chat box into a lightweight app builder, and computer use pointed toward fully agentic workflows.
Who it's for: Engineers, analysts, and knowledge workers who want top-tier coding and document understanding without paying for a frontier plan.
Pick 3.5 Sonnet for depth or 3.5 Haiku for speed and cost.
Claude can click, type, and navigate software like a human operator.
Render code, docs, and SVGs in a side panel as you work.
Read complex PDFs, charts, and handwritten notes accurately.
Claude 3.5 remains one of the best free-tier AI models in 2026 for coding and analysis. If you need the newest capabilities, step up to Claude Opus 4 or Sonnet 4 — but 3.5 is still excellent and free.