Claude
Direct answer
Claude reads receipt photos, a written policy, a note turned into social posts, and PDFs or forms copied into a sheet. Pro was listed at $20 a month, or $17 if billed annually, in October 2026. A free tier can try a small batch. You check every figure before it is treated as a record.
Working from a document you pasted in: a refund policy, a receipt photo, or a note about a finished job.
Watch out. It will still invent a confident detail if you ask a vague question. Give it the page, and tell it to say when the page is silent.
Claude Pro was publicly listed at $20 a month, or $17 a month if billed annually, in early October 2026. Confirm that on Anthropic's pricing page. A free tier exists and is enough to try a weekly receipt batch.
Projects keep a document in scope. When the policy changes, replace the document. Old instructions left in the project are how last year's prices leak into this year's replies.
Playbooks using Claude
- Data entry from PDFs and formsClaudeAbout an hour for the sheet, then a file at a time£0 to try, or about £15 for Pro monthly/mo
Data entry from PDFs and forms with Claude
Data entry from a PDF or a form is a row you check, not a file the model files. Claude can read the page into a sheet. If a figure is unclear, the cell stays blank and the original stays attached. The row is not your statutory record. Nothing here has been live-tested.
- Weekly client reportClaudeOne sitting to write the instructions, then the Friday you already report£0, or about £13 and £15 at the planning rate/mo
Draft a weekly client report in Claude
Draft a weekly client report by pasting figures you already trust into Claude and sending the prose yourself. On 25 October 2026 Free was $0, and Pro was $17 a month billed annually at $200 up front or $20 monthly, before tax. The model must not invent a number. This has not been live-tested.
- Social post repurposingClaude20–40 minutes for the first note, then lessabout £0–£15/mo
Repurpose one work note into social posts with Claude
Take one true note about finished work and ask Claude for a Google Business post, an Instagram caption, and a short LinkedIn post. You approve every word and you only use photos you have the right to publish. Nothing is auto-posted. Not live-tested yet.
- Social post repurposingBufferAbout an hour to connect the channels and write the rule£0 on the free plan/mo
Social posts queued in Buffer
A social scheduler for a small business should queue posts you have already approved. Claude can turn one true note into a Google post, an Instagram caption, and a LinkedIn post. Buffer's free plan, on 25 October 2026, held three channels and ten scheduled posts each. You press publish. This has not been live-tested.
- Receipts into bookkeepingClaude30 minutes to set up, then about half an hour a weekabout £0–£15/mo
Turn receipt photos into checked bookkeeping rows
Photograph each receipt and, once a week, ask Claude to read the date, supplier, and amounts into a row you check before typing it into your bookkeeping software. Always check the VAT. Do not give an agent write access. This has not been live-tested.
Comparisons
Questions
Why Claude for PDFs rather than ChatGPT?
Either can read a file. This library uses Claude for the document jobs so the email jobs stay in one place. The method, check the row, is the part that matters.
Will it fill a form I can file?
It can draft a row. Filing, paying, and signing stay with you. A blank cell is better than a guessed one.
Where is the price?
Anthropic's pricing page, linked above. The playbooks repeat the figure we saw and the date. They are not a quote.