Anthropic vs Grain Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Free
- Chat on web, iOS, Android, and on your desktop
- Generate code and visualize data
- Write, edit, and create content
- Ability to search the web
- Memory across conversations
- Create files and execute code
- Unlock more from Claude with desktop extensions
- Connect Slack and Google Workspace services
- Integrate any context or tool through connectors with remote MCP
- Extended thinking for complex work
Pro
- More usage*
- Includes Claude Code
- Includes Claude Cowork
- Includes Claude Design
- Includes Claude Science
- Access to unlimited projects to organize chats and documents
- Access to Research
- Ability to use more Claude models
- Claude for Microsoft 365
Max
- Choose 5x or 20x more usage than Pro*
- Higher output limits for all tasks
- Early access to advanced Claude features
- Priority access at high traffic times
Free
- Unlimited meetings, 45-min limit
- AI notes and action items
- Basic MCP access
- 30-day meeting history
- AI Notepad with live notes, transcript, and clip creation
- Collaborative workspace
- Desktop Capture
- Unlimited notetaker seats
Starter
- Unlimited meeting duration
- Unlimited meeting history
- Advanced AI notes
- Custom AI prompts
- Admin controls
- 1 team
- Slack integration
- Personal Zapier integration
- Personal API
- Import audio & video files
Business
Popular- HubSpot integration
- Salesforce integration
- Workspace Zapier integration
- Unlimited teams
- Custom AI follow-up email
- AI coaching
- Trackers
- Team interaction metrics
- Unlimited uploads
- Workspace API
- Advanced MCP access
Enterprise
- SAML-based SSO
- Priority API support
- Custom invoices
- Dedicated CS manager
Anthropic vs Grain FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- Grain is the cheaper option, starting at $19/mo vs $20/mo for Anthropic.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Both offer free plans, so you can try each without paying. Start with whichever fits your workflow better and upgrade when you hit the limits.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. Anthropic uses flat-rate pricing, while Grain goes with per-seat. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Anthropic: Anthropic is matching OpenAI's ChatGPT Plus almost dollar-for-dollar at the Pro tier — this is a deliberate 'same price, better model' play targeting GPT defectors. The $100 Max tier signals they're comfortable competing with Copilot and Gemini Advanced for enterprise-adjacent power users without discounting to win. Grain: Grain sits in the mid-market sweet spot — cheaper than Gong or Chorus by a wide margin, but priced above scrappier tools like Otter. They're clearly going after teams that want sales intelligence and meeting memory without the six-figure contract that comes with the enterprise conversation intelligence players.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Anthropic and Grain and let you know when something moves.