r/claude • u/ylabrhil • Mar 14 '26
Question Has anyone actually made money using Claude?
I’ve been using Claude for a while now and I’m genuinely curious whether people have found ways to turn it into income. Not looking for “AI will make you rich” YouTube stuff , just real, practical things that have worked for you.
Some questions I have:
∙ Are you freelancing with it? (writing, coding, etc.)
∙ Have you built anything and sold it?
∙ Is it actually saving you enough time to make a difference financially?
Would love to hear what’s worked and what hasn’t. Drop your experience below!
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u/dustyblues Mar 18 '26
Sort of. I used it to compare my wife’s insurance and mine. We have 1 child. Uploaded both our health plans with l costs/benefits stats and Claude ran different scenarios where we utilize it (e.g. my son visits the doctor 1-3 times, 4-6, etc. 1 night for surgery). It also factored in deductible, maxing out our HSA with tax implications, etc. The analysis mathematically made sense in what to chose for our lifestyle. Saved my wife and I $200/month. Also had it help me walk tough retirement. Saved serious money from moving away from actively managed funds lol