Research method: We reviewed official pricing pages, help documentation, and privacy or security materials on July 16, 2026. Prices, features, and usage limits can change, so verify the checkout and contract immediately before purchase.
Review scope: This is an official-source decision guide. We did not run a reproducible benchmark, so we do not rank answer quality or writing performance.
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Bottom line: Pro for one person; Team for five or more people who need shared knowledge and administration
A candidate for long documents, project knowledge and workplace connectors
Claude provides writing, files, projects, artifacts, web search, connectors and Claude Code. Pro is the individual plan. Team starts at five members and adds administration, billing, SSO, permissions and spend controls.
- Free plan
- Available
- Pro
- $20/mo or $200/yr
- Team
- 5-member minimum
- API
- Separate billing
Confirmed advantages
- Projects, files, artifacts and web search
- Pro offers more usage and priority access than Free
- Team includes SSO, domain capture, permissions, spend controls and connectors
- Commercial-product inputs and outputs are not used for training by default
Constraints to verify
- Team requires five members, which may not fit a two-to-four-person company
- Pro and Team both have usage limits
- Chat subscriptions do not include API usage
- Consumer and commercial data terms differ
Plans and pricing
| Plan | Official price or condition | Typical buyer | What to verify |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | No charge | Trials and occasional personal use | Lower usage and some feature limits |
| Pro | US $20/month or $200/year | Regular individual use | Session and weekly limits; local currency and tax |
| Max 5x / 20x | $100/month or $200/month | Individuals needing more usage than Pro | Monthly billing; usage limits still apply |
| Team Standard | $25/seat/month or $20 monthly equivalent with annual billing; minimum five | Teams needing administration and collaboration | Up to 150 seats; regional price and billing cadence |
| Team Premium | $125/seat/month or $100 monthly equivalent with annual billing; minimum five | Team power users needing higher usage | Can mix with Standard seats; confirm usage allocation |
Prices are official US list prices. Local currency, tax and mobile-app pricing can differ.
Core features documented by Anthropic
Writing and knowledge
- Chat and file analysis
- Projects and knowledge bases
- Artifacts
- Web search and research
Development and work
- Claude Code
- Cowork
- Create and edit files with code execution
- Desktop and mobile applications
Team connections
- Google Drive, Gmail and Calendar
- GitHub, Microsoft 365 and Slack
- Enterprise search
- Admin control of local and remote connectors
Team administration
- Central administration and billing
- SSO, domain capture and JIT provisioning
- Role-based permissions
- Organization and user spend controls
Anthropic documents a 200k context window for Team Standard. A large context window is not a guarantee that every detail will be processed correctly; review important source coverage and citations.
Consumer and commercial data conditions
Free, Pro and Max
Anthropic’s consumer policy lets users choose whether data may be used for model improvement. Review the Privacy Center for the active training preference, retention, deletion and incognito-chat conditions.
Team and Enterprise
Anthropic says inputs and outputs from commercial products such as Claude for Work and the API are not used for model training by default. Explicit feedback or other permission can create an exception.
Who Claude fits—and when to compare alternatives
Good fit
- Writing from long documents or multiple files
- Project-specific knowledge collections
- Five or more people connecting Drive, Slack or Microsoft 365
- Mixed Standard and Premium seats for different usage needs
Compare alternatives
- A two-to-four-person team needs organization administration
- Direct Google Workspace integration is the main requirement
- Image generation is a primary requirement
- The project needs only API access, not a chat subscription
Pre-purchase checklist
- Check seat count: Team starts at five; compare other managed plans for two to four users.
- Estimate usage: Match Pro, Max, Team Standard or Premium to actual frequency.
- Design connector scope: Limit Drive, Slack and Microsoft 365 search permissions.
- Review feedback controls: Decide whether members may send conversation feedback to Anthropic.
- Separate API governance: Manage Anthropic API spend and credentials separately.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Claude Pro and Team?
Pro is an individual plan. Team requires at least five members and adds centralized administration, billing, SSO, permissions and workplace connectors.
Does Claude Pro include Anthropic API usage?
No. Claude paid chat plans and Anthropic API usage are billed separately.
Is Team data used for model training?
Anthropic says inputs and outputs from commercial products such as Team and Enterprise are not used for training by default unless the customer explicitly submits feedback or otherwise permits use.
Official sources reviewed
- Anthropic — Claude pricingFree, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise feature comparison
- Anthropic Help — What is the Pro plan?Pro price, usage limits and separate API billing
- Anthropic Help — What is the Team plan?Minimum seats, Standard and Premium pricing, administration and connectors
- Anthropic Privacy Center — Commercial model trainingDefault treatment of commercial inputs and outputs and feedback exceptions
- Anthropic Privacy Center — Consumer model trainingConsumer conditions for Free, Pro and Max