Anthropic Claude Pro: what owners actually say

Multiple Pro subscribers report hitting caps quickly — one user's Gmail attachment task hit the cap mid-task, another says they hit limits weekly, and one notes even the $200/month plan still has limits, saying 'for $200 a month, the sky should be the limit.' Free users report hitting the wall within 10 minutes.

A highly upvoted HN user reports that while Claude 3.5 is great for new projects, using it on an existing codebase with library version intricacies is 'really bad' — generating test coverage took up to 20 attempts. Another user says AI frequently references APIs that don't exist or over-engineers simple solutions.

Users report no folders or hierarchy in Project knowledge bases — one had to write a custom script to dump source files into a single markdown file. Others want native GitHub repo connections, cloud storage sync, and SaaS connectors rather than manual uploads.

Users discovered certain file extensions like .rst aren't accepted — one had to batch-rename .rst files to .rst.txt before Claude would accept them.

Multiple commenters draw parallels to Uber's cheap-then-expensive trajectory, predicting Claude's current pricing is unsustainable and costs will skyrocket as investors demand returns from over-inflated valuations.

Users consistently call Claude 3.5 Sonnet superior to ChatGPT and Gemini for coding tasks, especially for writing new projects and working with large pasted code context.

One owner describes Claude as 'sophisticated, warm, and emotionally resonant' and operating 'at a level different from other models.' Free-tier users say responses are better than their paid ChatGPT subscription.

Users praise Claude's ability to reason over large chunks of text dumped straight into the prompt, with one noting a 10k LoC multi-language project fit within the 200k token limit and worked well.