claude team vs enterprise for a 20-person company: which plan, and what you actually get.
at 20 people, team is the default: $20 a seat a month billed annually ($25 monthly), claude code and claude cowork included, up to $500 a month in pooled api credits, no training on your content by default. enterprise is $20 a seat a month billed annually with a 20-seat minimum, usage billed as you go at api rates, and it adds sso with saml and domain capture, scim provisioning, audit logs and role-based access control. you move to enterprise when your it or security team requires those four things, not for capacity. every figure is from claude.com/pricing and claude.com/enterprise, read 9 and 11 november 2026; the pages say "price and plans are subject to change at anthropic's discretion."
side by side
| team | enterprise | |
|---|---|---|
| price | $20 a seat a month billed annually, $25 monthly; premium seats $100 or $125 with 5x the usage | $20 a seat a month billed annually; "usage is billed as you go at api rates"; "annual commitment required" |
| seats | 2 to 150 | "minimum 20 seats" |
| usage | standard seat 1x, premium seat 5x | pay for what the team uses, at api rates; limits apply (linked support article) |
| api credits | up to $500 a month pooled | not listed as pooled credits; usage is the billing model |
| included | claude code and claude cowork | claude code; "claude cowork is included in your enterprise plan" on the cowork page |
| identity | not listed on the pricing page | "single sign-on (sso/saml) and domain capture", "scim provisioning" |
| governance | admins set access by team, manage spend, control tool permissions by department (cowork page) | "audit logs and opentelemetry monitoring" (enterprise only), "role-based access control for fine-grained user, feature, and spend management", admins "govern exactly which people can use which products and connectors" |
| data | "no model training on your content by default" | the same, plus "us-only inference" listed under data controls |
the 20-person arithmetic
twenty standard seats on team is $400 a month billed annually, with the $500 pooled api credits on top for automations. twenty seats on enterprise is the same $400 a month, plus whatever the team uses at api rates, with a one-year commitment. the seat price is a wash at exactly 20; the difference is the usage model (fixed limits versus pay as you go) and the governance list. if the company has heavy users, two or three premium seats on team ($100 each with 5x usage) usually cost less than the equivalent api-rate usage on enterprise, but that depends on the actual numbers and anthropic does not publish the limits on the page.
the one question
does anyone in the company require sso, scim, audit logs or us-only inference as a condition of using the tool? if yes, enterprise. if no, team, and the money saved goes into getting the workflows installed. a 20-person company rarely has a security team asking for scim; a 20-person company inside a regulated parent often does.
questions people ask
what is the minimum for claude enterprise?
20 seats, at $20 a seat a month billed annually, with usage billed as you go at api rates and an annual commitment required, per claude.com/enterprise.
what does claude team cost for 20 people?
$400 a month billed annually ($20 a seat) or $500 monthly ($25 a seat), with up to $500 a month in pooled api credits; premium seats are $100 or $125 with 5x the usage.
when does a 20-person company need enterprise instead of team?
when sso with saml, scim provisioning, audit logs or us-only inference are required by it or security. otherwise team covers the same seats with fixed usage limits and pooled api credits.
want the plan decided by the workflows, then installed on the seats?
one revenue workflow first, on the plan you choose, connectors verified, approvals on everything.
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sources: claude.com/pricing, read 9 november 2026 (team $20/$25 standard and $100/$125 premium seats, 2 to 150 seats, up to $500 a month pooled api credits, claude code and cowork included, "no model training on your content by default"; enterprise $20 a seat billed annually, 20-seat minimum, usage at api rates) · claude.com/enterprise, read 11 november 2026 ("minimum 20 seats", "per seat / month, billed annually", "usage is billed as you go at api rates, based on what your team uses", "annual commitment required", sso/saml and domain capture, scim provisioning, "audit logs and opentelemetry monitoring", role-based access control, "us-only inference", "price and plans are subject to change at anthropic's discretion") · claude.com/product/cowork, read 9 november 2026 (cowork included on team and enterprise; admin controls by team and department). every figure is anthropic's own.