TL;DR
After three weeks pitting Claude 4.7 against GPT-4o and Gemini Advanced, the verdict is clear: for any task that involves reading 20+ pages and reasoning over them, Claude has no peer. The gap is widest in code and legal analysis.
Final score: 4.9 / 5
What is Claude 4.7?
Claude is Anthropic's conversational model. Version 4.7, released April 2026, keeps the 200K-token window, sharpens math reasoning, and ships Artifacts: a live editable surface where the model writes code, docs, or React components while you edit alongside.
Hands-on test
We fed it an 87-page PDF (a GPL license agreement) and asked for a summary flagging clauses that could become problematic in a commercial project.
- Time: 14 seconds
- Result: 7 clauses flagged, all verifiable against the source
- Benchmark: GPT-4o took 22 seconds and missed clause 7.3 (the critical one)
Pricing
| Plan | Price | For whom |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Casual use (~30 messages/day) |
| Pro | $20/mo | Daily heavy use, priority on Opus |
| Team | $30/user/mo | Small teams, admin controls |
| API | $3 / $15 per 1M tokens | Custom integrations |
Pros and cons
Pros
- Real 200K context with no degradation
- Artifacts changes how you ship code
- Sounds more natural than GPT — less "AI voice"
Cons
- No image generation (pair with DALL-E or Midjourney)
- Free tier throttles quickly under real use
Verdict
If you work with long-form text or non-trivial code, subscribe to Pro today. If you only need email drafts and brainstorms, the free tier is plenty.