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Claude Sonnet 4
by Anthropic
CLOSEDHOSTEDCODING HELPWRITING HELPFAST RESPONSESLONG DOCUMENTS
RANKED #61 OF 318 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #83 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 6.2 · 5,514 VOICES ·
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A fast, capable AI assistant built for writing, coding, and working through big documents.
HAPPY8.3
249 mentions
SAD6.7
290 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 1,893 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 Sonnet 4 is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.4
Qwen3.8 FlashAlibabaPick for fast multimodal coding and agent tasks at a fraction of the API cost.💸 COST EFFICIENT⚡ FAST💻 STRONG AT CODE8.3k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.5Qwen3.8 27BAlibabaPick to run capable multimodal reasoning and coding locally with complete privacy.🪶 RUNS ON LESS🔒 PRIVATE & OFFLINE💻 STRONG AT CODE21.4k VOICESMATCH★★★
- OPEN WEIGHTS7.3Dots3 NoteXiaohongshuPick for long context multimodal agent tasks spanning text, vision, and audio.💸 COST EFFICIENT💻 STRONG AT CODE🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY2.9k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
Users love Claude Sonnet 4 for its fast speeds, natural writing style, and strong coding help. However, people are frustrated by its high price, strict usage limits, and occasional preachy refusals.
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PEOPLE LOVE
- Popular for coding help (41 mentions)
- People feel it is worth the money (27 mentions)
- Good at writing and wording things (8 mentions)
- Answers come back fast (7 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (27 mentions)
- Sometimes makes things up (21 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (10 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- Help with codeMOSTLY POSITIVE
41 thumbs up · 18 thumbs down
- PriceMOSTLY POSITIVE
27 thumbs up · 16 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
5 thumbs up · 27 thumbs down
- Getting facts rightA SORE SPOT
6 thumbs up · 21 thumbs down
- WritingMOSTLY POSITIVE
8 thumbs up · 6 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 10 thumbs down
- SpeedPEOPLE LOVE THIS
7 thumbs up · 0 thumbs down
- Long conversationsMOSTLY POSITIVE
2 thumbs up · 1 thumbs down
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- REDDIT · 2025-08-14 · 2418 UPVOTESGPT-5 Just Finished Pokemon Red!
GPT-5 Just Finished Pokemon Red!
- REDDIT · 2026-01-07 · 1971 UPVOTESClaude???
Claude???
- REDDIT · 2026-06-19 · 1715 UPVOTESClaude gave me the number to a phone sex line instead of AMEX
Claude gave me the number to a phone sex line instead of AMEX
- REDDIT · 2025-06-24 · 1440 UPVOTESA federal judge has ruled that Anthropic's use of books to train Claude falls under fair use, and is legal under U.S. copyright law
A federal judge has ruled that Anthropic's use of books to train Claude falls under fair use, and is legal under U.S. copyright law
- LEMMY · 2026-07-13 · 1079 UPVOTESClaude speak
Claude speak
- REDDIT · 2025-08-12 · 1007 UPVOTESClaude Sonnet 4 now has 1 Million context in API - 5x Increase
Claude Sonnet 4 now has 1 Million context in API - 5x Increase
- X · 2026-08-15 · 982 UPVOTESMost of you are overpaying for AI subscriptions from Claude and ChatGPT and have no idea how cracked SuperGrok Heavy ($3
Most of you are overpaying for AI subscriptions from Claude and ChatGPT and have no idea how cracked SuperGrok Heavy ($3
- LEMMY · 2026-07-31 · 899 UPVOTESClaude, explain
Claude, explain
- LEMMY · 2025-06-08 · 834 UPVOTESApple just proved AI "reasoning" models like Claude, DeepSeek-R1, and o3-mini don't actually reason at all. They just memorize patterns…
Apple just proved AI "reasoning" models like Claude, DeepSeek-R1, and o3-mini don't actually reason at all. They just memorize patterns really well.
- REDDIT · 2025-07-08 · 829 UPVOTESLmao you’ve got to be kidding me
Lmao you’ve got to be kidding me
- REDDIT · 2025-06-25 · 774 UPVOTESAnthropic purchased millions of physical print books to digitally scan them for Claude
Anthropic purchased millions of physical print books to digitally scan them for Claude
- REDDIT · 2025-09-18 · 751 UPVOTESAnthropic just dropped a new ad for Claude - "Keep thinking"
Anthropic just dropped a new ad for Claude - "Keep thinking"