Claude for Government

Overview

Anthropic made Claude for Government generally available to U.S. federal and state agencies on September 30, 2026, moving the product out of the public beta it entered in July 2026. The platform runs in a FedRAMP High authorized environment and adds administrative controls for spending, identity management, usage monitoring, and auditability on top of Claude's coding and agentic work capabilities, including Claude Code CLI and Claude for Microsoft 365, both of which entered early access alongside the GA launch. Rather than per-seat pricing, Anthropic bills agencies through prepaid usage increments with a hard spending cap, letting administrators set spending and model limits per user group, monitor consumption, and receive alerts as balances run down.

This is a sourced directory entry. Features and capabilities are reported in the linked sources; this entry does not document independent Aymorphic testing.

Key features

• FedRAMP High authorized environment for federal and state agency use
• Administrative controls for spending, identity management, usage monitoring, and auditability
• Prepaid usage increments with a hard spending cap instead of per-seat pricing
• Claude Code CLI and Claude for Microsoft 365 in early access
• Works directly with desktop files via skills, plugins, and projects for memos, RFP reviews, and casework

Use cases

• Federal and state agency casework, memo drafting, and RFP review
• Agency coding and agentic automation under FedRAMP High controls
• Administered, budget-capped AI access across government user groups

Pricing

Prepaid usage increments with a hard spending cap set by agency administrators, rather than per-seat licensing. Since October 27, 2026 a GSA OneGov agreement gives government buyers 40% off Claude Enterprise, Claude for Government and the API with no minimum spend, also open to state, local, tribal and territorial governments; Anthropic estimates about $1 billion in savings.

Pricing reflects the source record and may change. Confirm current terms with the provider.

Dates and sources

Released

30 Sept 2026

Record updated

29 Oct 2026

Record last checked

29 Oct 2026

• anthropic.com/news/expanding-partnership-gsa
• claude.com/blog/claude-for-government-is-now-generally-available
• techrepublic.com/article/news-anthropic-claude-government-general-availability/
• executivebiz.com/articles/claude-for-government-fedramp-high-general-availability