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Anthropic Claude subscription plan provides more value than OpenAI's, study confirms
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Research firm not exactly thrilled by House of Altman's subscription changes.
Key facts
- By that yardstick, GPT-6.1 Sol ($0.72) is far more affordable than Claude Opus 5.5 ($5.98), at least for those paying API rates
- As measured by tokens, Claude Pro ($20 per month) provides 2.9 billion tokens per month, compared to ChatGPT ($20/mo) at 1 billion tokens per month, according to SemiAnalysis
- Anthropic is an overwhelmingly better deal, offering ~5x the API-equivalent value across the board," SemiAnalysis claims in reference to mid-tier models GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5
- Updated Oct 6 at 2322 GMT to clarify that Skydive is the platform that sells the agents, while Anything is the umbrella parent company
Summary
The rivalry between Anthropic and OpenAI, the two leading US AI model makers, is no contest when it comes to assessing which one gives you more value for your subscription money, according to industry research firm SemiAnalysis. Following changes to OpenAI's $200 per month subscription plan that effectively halved its value, SemiAnalysis looked at the various subscription plans offered by AI companies, because that's still the main way that individuals and small businesses buy AI services. AI subscriptions are heavily subsidized, customers get far more tokens for their money than they would paying metered API rates. Claude subscriptions, the biz claims, take up about 42 percent of Anthropic's inference compute while generating 10 percent of its revenue. "Anthropic is an overwhelmingly better deal, offering ~5x the API-equivalent value across the board," SemiAnalysis claims in reference to mid-tier models GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5.