"I have a Pro subscription to Anthropic's Claude AI that's due to expire at the end of the month. Normally, I would have renewed the plan as I use Claude both personally and professionally. But just in the nick of time, Anthropic has added four cool new features to the free plan. Collectively, they've convinced me to put the kibosh on my subscription, at least for now, and save myself the $20 a month."
"Also: I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free - how it went I asked Claude to create a PowerPoint presentation on how and when the planet Earth got its name. After a couple of minutes, the presentation appeared in the right pane of the screen, where I could open it in Google Drive or download it to my PC. The resulting file was cleanly designed and formatted, and provided the right amount of information."
The free plan adds four new features: file creation, connectors, custom skills, and longer conversations. File creation enables generation of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, and other files from a new request or an existing conversation, plus modification or conversion of uploaded files. Generated files can be opened in Google Drive or downloaded to a PC and appear cleanly designed and formatted. Connectors provide access to data from apps such as Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, GitHub, Box, Canva, Slack, Monday.com, and Figma for contextual responses. These additions reduce the justification for a paid Pro subscription.
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