… Cowork itself was Mac-only at first with Windows support landing in early April, and the whole thing is limited to the Pro and Max plans unfortunately. …
… I'm subscribed because it gets me Deep Research, NotebookLM Plus with more generation limits , 5TB storage, and Gemini integration across Google apps plus features I haven't fully explored yet. The subscription expanded the range of problems I can solve without manual workarounds. …
… The model itself is great, and I'm not talking about the usage limits here though that's another problem worth having a conversation over , but rather something I keep running into that puts a halt in my workflow. …
… However, if I lived closer to the PT time zone, this limitation would be difficult to get around. Even in my time zone, I nearly quit Claude over its limits . …
… Probably the biggest difference is that Claude has tighter usage limits. While I used to hit ChatGPT Pro’s caps in the early days, by early 2026, it had become a rare event. With Claude, it’s much easier to hit the limits. …
… It's limited to local and public pages for now, though. …
… Another limitation was its app-layer blindspot. …
… If you like to break your work into small chunks and are fine with navigating some limits, then local could absolutely work likely with a 12B or higher model .
… In the free Claude tier, you get 5 projects, and unlimited projects in Pro. The size cap for a file is 30MB for free and paid, with no stated limit on the number of files you can have in the knowledge base. …