Claude is available for free (with usage limits) if you register for an account. Then you can pay for a $20/month Claude Pro account as an individual.

You can also create a paid API account as an individual and use it via their API, which is almost certainly cheaper than the $20/month Pro account for personal use.

I use the Pro account because I really like the Claude Artifacts and Claude Projects features.

You can use the API and Claude as a private individual. I've been doing so for a couple of years.

Edit: Go here and create an account: console.anthropic.com

> You can use the API and Claude as a private individual. I've been doing so for a couple of years.

You're using Claude since a "couple of years". You really must be an early adopter ; )

I checked and I got access to the Anthropic Console in April 2023, so not quite 2 years, but not far off.

As sibling comments have said, you can pay per month to use the web interface, pay for use of the API via self-signup or you can even use them via openrouter.

Nope it's like ChatGPT. 20 bucks / month.