What does it actually cost — and is the free version enough?
Short episode, straight answer: start free. Claude's free tier is genuinely good — not a demo, not a trick, just the real tool with a usage limit. You'll know within a week or two whether the limit bothers you. If it does, $20 a month fixes it. If it doesn't, you never have to pay.
Your challenge: Go to claude.ai and make your free account. 90 seconds. No credit card.
Next up (0.4 — the last setup episode): What does Claude actually do with everything you type? The privacy question everyone is wondering about.
The skinny
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