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Claude Opus 3
by Anthropic
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RANKED #260 OF 316 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #402 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.4 · 86 VOICES ·
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Flagship Claude model for deep reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agents
HAPPY8.2
17 mentions
SAD6.8
10 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 77 voices in this window
AGING WELL
The crowd is warmer now than it was at the start.
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 3 is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS6.5
Kimi K2.5MoonshotPick for top multimodal reasoning and visual coding at open-weight pricing.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT1.5k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS6.6
Qwen3 235BAlibabaPick for flagship MoE reasoning and coding with self-hosted flexibility.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT1.5k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with Claude Opus 3 right now. Biggest gripe: saying no too much.
91 POSTS · 18 COMMENTS · X · DEV.TO · GITHUB · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · LEMMY · DEV FORUMS · BLUESKY
PEOPLE LOVE
- Popular for coding help (1 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (8 mentions)
- Coding help disappoints some people (5 mentions)
- Sometimes makes things up (4 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (4 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 8 thumbs down
- Help with codeA SORE SPOT
1 thumbs up · 5 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Other models the crowd has fully reviewed, starting with multimodal models like this one.
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- REDDIT · 2026-05-19 · 670 UPVOTESGemini 3.5 flash costs 3 times more than the previous version and 30x more than gemini 1.5 flash.
Gemini 3.5 flash costs 3 times more than the previous version and 30x more than gemini 1.5 flash.
- REDDIT · 2025-07-05 · 214 UPVOTESIt's getting weird.
It's getting weird.
- REDDIT · 2025-07-07 · 195 UPVOTESMost AI models are Ravenclaws
Most AI models are Ravenclaws
- REDDIT · 2024-03-04 · 161 UPVOTESHVM codebase: Claude 3 beats GPT-4 and Gemini 1.5
HVM codebase: Claude 3 beats GPT-4 and Gemini 1.5
- REDDIT · 2026-02-25 · 94 UPVOTESOfficial: An update on model deprecation commitments for Claude Opus 3
Official: An update on model deprecation commitments for Claude Opus 3
- REDDIT · 2024-04-09 · 55 UPVOTESClaude Opus 3 doesn't create files for you, sticking with ChatGPT
Claude Opus 3 doesn't create files for you, sticking with ChatGPT
- REDDIT · 2024-03-17 · 41 UPVOTESGPT-4 is better than Opus-3 when both are used through API
GPT-4 is better than Opus-3 when both are used through API
- REDDIT · 2024-04-16 · 33 UPVOTESMy Review of Claude 3 Opus
My Review of Claude 3 Opus
- REDDIT · 2024-03-05 · 33 UPVOTESThat’s a weird way to answer -Anthropic Claude 3 Opus
That’s a weird way to answer -Anthropic Claude 3 Opus
- REDDIT · 2026-03-09 · 21 UPVOTESChatGPT actively tries to make me not worry about the alignment issue
ChatGPT actively tries to make me not worry about the alignment issue
- REDDIT · 2024-04-02 · 18 UPVOTESAnalyzing a code base.
Analyzing a code base.
- REDDIT · 2024-03-31 · 16 UPVOTESIs there a general consensus on which is best between GPT4 vs Claude Opus 3 vs Gemini?
Is there a general consensus on which is best between GPT4 vs Claude Opus 3 vs Gemini?