Chat-based AI software engineer that builds full-stack web apps and sites from prompts.
Claude Code
AI Coding & App BuildersClaude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads a codebase, edits files, runs commands and creates commits and pull requests. It runs in the terminal, as VS Code and JetBrains extensions, in the Claude desktop app, on the web and from the Claude mobile apps, and it can be extended with MCP servers, skills, hooks and subagents. It is used by individual developers and engineering teams for feature work, refactors, debugging and automation.
Pricing
Claude Code pricing
No free Claude Code access (Claude Free plan excludes it); Pro $20/mo ($17/mo annual); Max $100 / $200
Last checked September 2026 · Confirm on claude.com
Features
What Claude Code does
- Agent that plans, edits multiple files and runs commands and tests
- Terminal CLI plus VS Code, JetBrains, desktop and web surfaces
- MCP support for external tools such as Jira, Slack and Google Drive
- Subagents, skills, hooks and CLAUDE.md project instructions
- GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and automatic PR code review
- Scheduled cloud routines and Slack task routing
Pros
- Strong at multi-file changes and long, multi-step tasks
- Works in any editor or directly in the terminal
- Highly scriptable and customisable for teams
- Included with paid Claude subscriptions as well as usage-based API billing
Cons
- No inline tab-completion while typing
- Limited to Anthropic's Claude models on first-party plans
- Subscription usage is capped by 5-hour and weekly limits shared with Claude chat
- No built-in hosting or database; deployment is up to the user
Fit
Who Claude Code is for
Look elsewhere if: Non-developers who want a hosted app with a visual preview and one-click deploy should use an AI app builder instead.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Available via Claude Team/Enterprise or cloud providers; zero data retention is a separately enabled option for qualified Enterprise accounts.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
- Enterprise plan
- SCIM user provisioning
- Enterprise plan
- SOC 2
- Type II
- ISO 27001
- Yes
- HIPAA (BAA available)
- —
- GDPR DPA
- Yes
- Data residency options
- —
- No training on your data
- Yes
- Audit logs
- Enterprise plan
- Admin controls
- Yes
- Deployment
- Cloud, Bedrock/Vertex AI
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| Coding & Apps feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| Type | Agent (CLI / IDE / desktop / web) |
| Inline code completion | No |
| Multi-file agent | Yes |
| Builds full apps from prompts | Yes |
| Hosting / deploy included | No |
| Backend / database | No |
| GitHub integration | Yes |
| Choice of AI models | Claude models only |
| Export / own the code | Yes |
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