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Claude Opus
by Anthropic
CLOSEDHOSTEDAGENTSCODING HELPWRITING HELPLONG DOCUMENTS
RANKED #91 OF 316 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #120 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.9 · 15,820 VOICES ·
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A high-end text model for programmers, writers, and power users.
HAPPY7.6
1.9k mentions
SAD7.4
1.7k mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 13,300 voices in this window
HOLDING UP
Recent vibe is steady. No clear fade in the crowd.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. Anthropic hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
Claude Opus is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS6.8
DeepSeek ReasonerDeepSeekMatches top tier reasoning and code generation while dramatically reducing token cost.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT4.2k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.2DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeekDelivers fast, high quality coding and agentic workflows at ultra low latency and price.⚡ FAST💸 COST EFFICIENT💻 STRONG AT CODE15.0k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users love Claude Opus for high-level coding, writing, and fast responses, often finding it worth the cost despite its high price tag. However, some complain about occasional downtime, strict refusals, and made-up facts.
8768 POSTS · 7052 COMMENTS · REDDIT · BLUESKY · HACKER NEWS · X · LEMMY · GITHUB · DEV.TO · DEV FORUMS · STACK OVERFLOW · BLOG
PEOPLE LOVE
- Popular for coding help (99 mentions)
- People feel it is worth the money (65 mentions)
- Good at writing and wording things (15 mentions)
- Answers come back fast (11 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (41 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (40 mentions)
- Sometimes makes things up (10 mentions)
- Loses the thread in long chats (3 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Help with codeMOSTLY POSITIVE
99 thumbs up · 36 thumbs down
- PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
65 thumbs up · 43 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
12 thumbs up · 40 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 41 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightMIXED FEELINGS
10 thumbs up · 10 thumbs down
- WritingPEOPLE LOVE THIS
15 thumbs up · 5 thumbs down
- SpeedPEOPLE LOVE THIS
11 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
- Long conversationsMIXED FEELINGS
3 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM REDDIT >
“Claude Opus is better than ChatGPT-4 for coding!”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Show: a pixel-art short where Claude and Codex fight, crash, and git merge — animation, music and SFX all generated by Claude Opus 5.2.”
- FROM BLOG >
“Independent evaluations from Artificial Analysis place it at 61 on the Intelligence Index , roughly in line with GPT-5.6 Sol Max , behind Claude Opus/Fable, with strong agentic results including 88.4% on Terminal-Bench v2.1 , 1753 GDPval-AA v2 Elo , and competitive AA-Briefcase performance at far lower cost (…”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Claude Opus 4 is super expensive.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Uncensored Qwen3.8-27B orchestrate Claude Opus 5.5.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Dude, I got addicted to Opus...financially drained...lol...help...please help me...find the best alternative to Claude Opus for writing realistic fictional reasoning-heavy RP?.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Quick heads-up: I highly recommend NOT posting detailed threads here about why the new Claude Opus 3.5 is so good..”
- FROM DEV.TO >
“TIL the best automations reduce context window by using cheap models for boring steps and saving Claude Opus for the hard part.”
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for Claude Opus.
Muse Spark 1.3> SOURCES (12)
- REDDIT · 2026-02-28 · 8047 UPVOTESClaude has overtaken ChatGPT in the Apple App Store
Claude has overtaken ChatGPT in the Apple App Store
- REDDIT · 2026-04-06 · 4882 UPVOTESSomeone made a whip for Claude
Someone made a whip for Claude
- REDDIT · 2026-08-07 · 4733 UPVOTESI used Claude cli to vibe code a compass app to find the nearest toilet, called Compiss.
I used Claude cli to vibe code a compass app to find the nearest toilet, called Compiss.
- REDDIT · 2026-07-29 · 3936 UPVOTESWhy is Claude so mean to its subagents
Why is Claude so mean to its subagents
- REDDIT · 2026-04-08 · 3334 UPVOTESClaude Opus vs Mythos
Claude Opus vs Mythos
- REDDIT · 2026-02-14 · 3042 UPVOTESAsking both ChatGPT and Claude the car wash question
Asking both ChatGPT and Claude the car wash question
- REDDIT · 2026-06-11 · 2378 UPVOTESknow the Claude rules
know the Claude rules
- REDDIT · 2026-07-04 · 2208 UPVOTESClaude examining it's own work is always funny
Claude examining it's own work is always funny
- REDDIT · 2026-04-04 · 1757 UPVOTESCredit over with simple text 🥲
Credit over with simple text 🥲
- REDDIT · 2026-03-10 · 1692 UPVOTESClaude giving it's take on today's news
Claude giving it's take on today's news
- REDDIT · 2026-07-02 · 1611 UPVOTESI switched from Claude to ChatGPT. There's a stark difference.
I switched from Claude to ChatGPT. There's a stark difference.
- REDDIT · 2026-07-29 · 1329 UPVOTESClaude Opus 5 is Insane
Claude Opus 5 is Insane