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Claude pricing

Claude pricing: Free plan; Team from $20/seat/mo (annual, 2-seat min). Free plan: yes — Free plan for individuals. Claude is an AI assistant; its seat price is the AI cost. Each figure links to the comparison it was verified in.

Last verified September 19, 2026 Official site ↗Vendor pricing ↗ Methodology Get this as JSON
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Entry price
Free plan; Team from $20/seat/mo (annual, 2-seat min)Verified in chatgpt-vs-claude
Free plan
Free planYes — Free plan for individuals
AI pricing
Per seatSee the entry price and the plan limits in each comparison.
On HelpCompare
3 comparisons ↓6 migration guides ↓
Bill Belcamino
Bottom line up frontby Bill Belcamino, founder of HelpCompare
Editorial assessment
Heads up: AI assistants change their plans, prices, models and usage limits almost daily. Every figure on this page is accurate as of the date shown next to it, the date we checked the vendor’s own pricing page. Confirm current terms on the vendor’s site before you buy.

Bottom line up front: Is Claude's $20 Team seat the whole bill, or does Enterprise change the math?

On Team it mostly is, at $20/seat/mo billed annually with a 2-seat minimum, but Enterprise adds usage at API rates on top of the same $20 seat.

SCIM, audit logs and IP allowlisting come only with Enterprise, and customer data is stored in the US on both plans. Usage-billed contracts go wrong in a predictable way: a few power users and any automated workflows drive most of the spend, and nobody sees it until the first invoice. I wouldn't negotiate Enterprise off a guess. Run Team for a couple of months, note who keeps hitting their limits (Team limits are per member, so one heavy user doesn't slow colleagues), and bring that measured pattern to the Enterprise conversation as your baseline, and ask for a spending cap in the order form.

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Claude pricing

Everything we have verified about Claude

Every row was recorded on a HelpCompare comparison page. The Source column links to the page it was verified on and the date it was last checked.

AttributeValueSource & date
Entry price Free plan; Team from $20/seat/mo (annual, 2-seat min) chatgpt-vs-claude
Free plan Yes — Free plan for individuals chatgpt-vs-claude
Team size 2–150 seats (Team) chatgpt-vs-claude
Single sign-on / SCIM SSO on Team; SCIM on Enterprise chatgpt-vs-claude
Trains on business data No, by default chatgpt-vs-claude
Enterprise $20/seat/mo plus usage at API rates (annual) chatgpt-vs-claude
Verified data

Claude security, offline access & remote work

Compliance reports, sign-in controls, offline access and the setup details that matter for remote, hybrid and in-office teams. Each value links to the vendor page it came from. Claude’s own security documentation: trust.anthropic.com. Scope: Claude apps for work (Team and Enterprise plans); consumer Free/Pro/Max noted where relevant. Claude API/Console not researched.

Security & compliance

SOC 2 report
SOC 2 Type IIsource
ISO/IEC 27001
Certifiedsource
Other certifications
ISO/IEC 42001, HIPAAsource
HIPAA (BAA)
BAA availableEnterprisesource
GDPR data processing agreement
DPA offeredsource
Single sign-on (SAML/OIDC)
YesTeamsource
SCIM user provisioning
YesEnterprisesource
Two-factor authentication
Not published
Admin audit log
YesEnterprisesource
Data residency choices
US onlysource
Encryption
Encrypted in transit and at rest; customer-managed encryption keys (AWS KMS, Google Cloud KMS, Azure Key Vault) for eligible Enterprise organizationssource
Self-hosting option
Not published

Offline access

Offline mode
Needs a connectionAnthropic states Cowork needs an active internet connection throughout a session; no offline mode is documented for Claude chat on any app.source
Desktop apps
Windows, macOS, Linuxsource
Mobile apps
iOS, Androidsource

Remote, hybrid & in-office

IP allowlisting
YesEnterprisesource
Device & session controls
YesEnterpriseEnterprise admins can shorten session length (1, 7, 14 or 28 days); Team and Enterprise get enterprise deployment for the desktop app and admin controls for remote and local connectors.source

Claude: worth knowing

  • RemoteOn Enterprise, admins can restrict access to approved CIDR ranges such as office locations and VPN exit points; requests from other IPs are blocked. source
  • SecurityCustomer data is stored in the US; by default traffic may be routed to select countries in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. source
  • OfflineCowork runs tasks in an isolated virtual machine on the user's computer and can read and write only folders the user connects. source
  • RemoteTeam usage limits are per member, so one person hitting a limit does not affect colleagues. source
ChatGPT vs Claude: security & offlineClaude vs Gemini: security & offlineClaude vs Microsoft 365 Copilot: security & offlineSecurity databaseOffline databaseRemote vs office guide

Checked September 19, 2026 against each vendor’s own trust center, help docs and app pages. Hover or tap “source” to see the exact wording we relied on. “Not published” means we could not find the vendor saying it on its own site; it doesn’t mean the feature is missing. Plan names are the lowest plan the vendor says includes the feature. Security · Offline · Remote vs office · Download the data

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  • Vendor pricing and documentation — claude.com, checked September 19, 2026.
  • HelpCompare research — 3 comparison pages listed above, each with its own verification date.
  • G2 — aggregate rating and review count (none recorded for this tool). Review counts change daily; treat them as a snapshot.
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