[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":2815},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guide-en-ai-tools\u002Fclaude-plans":3,"guide-siblings-en-ai-verktyg":846,"guide-alt-en-ai-tools\u002Fclaude-plans":2814},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"date":808,"description":809,"extension":810,"faq":811,"meta":836,"navigation":837,"order":795,"path":838,"readTime":839,"seo":840,"stem":841,"topic":842,"translationId":843,"updated":844,"__hash__":845},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fai-tools\u002Fclaude-plans.md","How much does Claude cost? Every plan and price compared (2026)","Walma Engineering",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":793},"minimark",[10,56,59,68,73,209,212,216,227,230,285,288,310,314,369,377,380,384,568,571,575,578,592,595,598,629,632,635,642,645,677,680,684,702,710,714,778,782,785],[11,12,13,17,18,21,22,25,26,29,30,21,33,36,37,40,41,44,45,48,49,44,52,55],"p",{},[14,15,16],"strong",{},"Short answer:"," Claude Free is $0. ",[14,19,20],{},"Claude Pro"," costs ",[14,23,24],{},"$20 a month",", or ",[14,27,28],{},"$200 a year"," (about $17 a month). ",[14,31,32],{},"Claude Max",[14,34,35],{},"$100 a month"," for 5x Pro usage or ",[14,38,39],{},"$200 a month"," for 20x, monthly only. ",[14,42,43],{},"Claude Team"," is ",[14,46,47],{},"$25 per seat a month"," ($20 billed annually), or $125 for a Premium seat. ",[14,50,51],{},"Claude Enterprise",[14,53,54],{},"$20 per seat a month",", billed annually, plus all usage at API rates. Claude Code is included from Pro upward, not on Free. In some countries Anthropic shows the price in local currency at checkout.",[11,57,58],{},"Claude has five plans, and the price is only half the comparison. What changes between them is how much you can use it, which models you get, whether Claude Code is included, and what an administrator can control. This guide compares all five and ends with how to choose, for a person and for a company.",[11,60,61,62,67],{},"Prices and limits are from Anthropic's pricing page and help center, checked on 12 October 2026. Prices are in US dollars; Anthropic shows local-currency prices in some countries but publishes no EUR price list. If you pay per token through the API instead, see ",[63,64,66],"a",{"href":65},"\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fclaude-code\u002Fclaude-api-pricing","Claude API pricing",".",[69,70,72],"h2",{"id":71},"claude-pricing-at-a-glance","Claude pricing at a glance",[74,75,76,95],"table",{},[77,78,79],"thead",{},[80,81,82,86,89,92],"tr",{},[83,84,85],"th",{},"Plan",[83,87,88],{},"Monthly",[83,90,91],{},"Billed annually",[83,93,94],{},"Who it is for",[96,97,98,114,130,146,161,177,193],"tbody",{},[80,99,100,106,109,111],{},[101,102,103],"td",{},[14,104,105],{},"Free",[101,107,108],{},"$0",[101,110,108],{},[101,112,113],{},"Trying Claude",[80,115,116,121,124,127],{},[101,117,118],{},[14,119,120],{},"Pro",[101,122,123],{},"$20",[101,125,126],{},"$17\u002Fmonth ($200 a year)",[101,128,129],{},"Individuals using Claude most days",[80,131,132,137,140,143],{},[101,133,134],{},[14,135,136],{},"Max 5x",[101,138,139],{},"$100",[101,141,142],{},"Monthly only",[101,144,145],{},"Heavy daily use, Claude Code all day",[80,147,148,153,156,158],{},[101,149,150],{},[14,151,152],{},"Max 20x",[101,154,155],{},"$200",[101,157,142],{},[101,159,160],{},"Parallel sessions, very large codebases",[80,162,163,168,171,174],{},[101,164,165],{},[14,166,167],{},"Team Standard",[101,169,170],{},"$25 per seat",[101,172,173],{},"$20 per seat",[101,175,176],{},"Teams of 2 to 150",[80,178,179,184,187,190],{},[101,180,181],{},[14,182,183],{},"Team Premium",[101,185,186],{},"$125 per seat",[101,188,189],{},"$100 per seat",[101,191,192],{},"Power users within a team",[80,194,195,200,203,206],{},[101,196,197],{},[14,198,199],{},"Enterprise",[101,201,202],{},"n\u002Fa",[101,204,205],{},"$20 per seat + usage at API rates",[101,207,208],{},"Larger organisations, 20 seats and up",[11,210,211],{},"Team Standard and Premium seats can be mixed in one organisation, so only the people who need more usage pay for it.",[69,213,215],{"id":214},"usage-limits-what-you-actually-get","Usage limits: what you actually get",[11,217,218,219,222,223,226],{},"Anthropic does not publish a number of messages per plan. Every plan resets on a ",[14,220,221],{},"rolling five-hour session window",", and paid plans also have a ",[14,224,225],{},"weekly limit"," across all models. How far a session stretches depends on the model, the length of the conversation and the tools used: a long Claude Code session that reads large files uses far more than a few chat questions.",[11,228,229],{},"What Anthropic does publish is how the plans compare:",[74,231,232,241],{},[77,233,234],{},[80,235,236,238],{},[83,237,85],{},[83,239,240],{},"Usage per session",[96,242,243,250,257,264,271,278],{},[80,244,245,247],{},[101,246,105],{},[101,248,249],{},"Baseline",[80,251,252,254],{},[101,253,120],{},[101,255,256],{},"At least 5x Free",[80,258,259,261],{},[101,260,136],{},[101,262,263],{},"5x Pro",[80,265,266,268],{},[101,267,152],{},[101,269,270],{},"20x Pro",[80,272,273,275],{},[101,274,167],{},[101,276,277],{},"1.25x Pro",[80,279,280,282],{},[101,281,183],{},[101,283,284],{},"6.25x Pro",[11,286,287],{},"Three details matter in practice:",[289,290,291,298,304],"ul",{},[292,293,294,297],"li",{},[14,295,296],{},"One pool for everything."," Chat on web, desktop and mobile, Claude Code and Cowork all draw from the same allowance.",[292,299,300,303],{},[14,301,302],{},"Team limits are per person."," A quiet colleague's unused allowance does not carry over to a busy one.",[292,305,306,309],{},[14,307,308],{},"Usage credits fill the gap."," Pro and Max users can turn on pay-as-you-go usage at API rates, with an optional monthly cap; Team admins can enable prepaid credits for members.",[69,311,313],{"id":312},"which-models-each-plan-gets","Which models each plan gets",[74,315,316,325],{},[77,317,318],{},[80,319,320,322],{},[83,321,85],{},[83,323,324],{},"Models",[96,326,327,334,341,349,356,362],{},[80,328,329,331],{},[101,330,105],{},[101,332,333],{},"Sonnet and Haiku",[80,335,336,338],{},[101,337,120],{},[101,339,340],{},"Opus, Sonnet and Haiku; Fable only through usage credits",[80,342,343,346],{},[101,344,345],{},"Max",[101,347,348],{},"All models; Fable up to 50% of the weekly limit",[80,350,351,353],{},[101,352,167],{},[101,354,355],{},"Opus, Sonnet and Haiku; Fable through usage credits",[80,357,358,360],{},[101,359,183],{},[101,361,348],{},[80,363,364,366],{},[101,365,199],{},[101,367,368],{},"All models, billed at API rates",[11,370,371,372,376],{},"Fable 5.1 is Anthropic's most capable model and the most expensive one, which is why it is rationed on every flat-price plan. For most work, Opus 5.5 is the better default; our ",[63,373,375],{"href":374},"\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fclaude-code\u002Fbest-claude-model","guide to choosing a Claude model"," explains when Fable is worth it.",[11,378,379],{},"On paid plans, the current models (Fable 5.1, Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5) have a 1 million token context window in chat.",[69,381,383],{"id":382},"what-is-included-in-each-plan","What is included in each plan",[74,385,386,403],{},[77,387,388],{},[80,389,390,392,394,396,398,401],{},[83,391],{},[83,393,105],{},[83,395,120],{},[83,397,345],{},[83,399,400],{},"Team",[83,402,199],{},[96,404,405,421,439,455,471,487,503,518,533,551],{},[80,406,407,410,413,415,417,419],{},[101,408,409],{},"Chat on web, desktop, mobile",[101,411,412],{},"Yes",[101,414,412],{},[101,416,412],{},[101,418,412],{},[101,420,412],{},[80,422,423,426,429,432,434,437],{},[101,424,425],{},"Projects",[101,427,428],{},"Up to 5",[101,430,431],{},"Unlimited",[101,433,431],{},[101,435,436],{},"Shared",[101,438,436],{},[80,440,441,444,446,448,450,453],{},[101,442,443],{},"Connectors, Skills, memory",[101,445,412],{},[101,447,412],{},[101,449,412],{},[101,451,452],{},"Yes, plus org-wide Skills",[101,454,412],{},[80,456,457,460,462,464,466,468],{},[101,458,459],{},"Claude Design, Slides, Docs",[101,461,412],{},[101,463,412],{},[101,465,412],{},[101,467,412],{},[101,469,470],{},"Off until an owner enables them",[80,472,473,476,479,481,483,485],{},[101,474,475],{},"Research",[101,477,478],{},"No",[101,480,412],{},[101,482,412],{},[101,484,412],{},[101,486,412],{},[80,488,489,492,494,496,498,501],{},[101,490,491],{},"Claude Code",[101,493,478],{},[101,495,412],{},[101,497,412],{},[101,499,500],{},"Every seat",[101,502,412],{},[80,504,505,508,510,512,514,516],{},[101,506,507],{},"Claude in Chrome",[101,509,478],{},[101,511,412],{},[101,513,412],{},[101,515,412],{},[101,517,412],{},[80,519,520,523,525,527,529,531],{},[101,521,522],{},"Microsoft 365",[101,524,478],{},[101,526,412],{},[101,528,412],{},[101,530,412],{},[101,532,412],{},[80,534,535,541,543,545,547,549],{},[101,536,537],{},[63,538,540],{"href":539},"\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fai-tools\u002Fclaude-cowork","Cowork",[101,542,478],{},[101,544,412],{},[101,546,412],{},[101,548,412],{},[101,550,412],{},[80,552,553,556,558,560,563,566],{},[101,554,555],{},"Monthly API credits",[101,557,478],{},[101,559,478],{},[101,561,562],{},"$100 or $200",[101,564,565],{},"$20 or $100 per seat, max $500\u002Fmonth",[101,567,478],{},[11,569,570],{},"The API credits are new (October 2026). They cover the API, Managed Agents and the Agent SDK, not Claude Code or extra usage in the apps, and they expire at the end of each month.",[69,572,574],{"id":573},"claude-pro-vs-max","Claude Pro vs Max",[11,576,577],{},"Pro at $20 is enough for most individuals: chat most days, some Claude Code, a few hours of agent work with breaks. Developers who run Claude Code for a full working day hit Pro's session limit and are better off on Max.",[11,579,580,581,583,584,586,587,591],{},"Choose ",[14,582,136],{}," ($100) when Claude Code is part of your daily work, and ",[14,585,152],{}," ($200) when you run several sessions in parallel or work in very large codebases. Max also includes Fable within the weekly limit, priority access at peak times and monthly API credits, which Pro does not. Our ",[63,588,590],{"href":589},"\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fclaude-code\u002Fclaude-code-pricing","Claude Code pricing guide"," compares subscriptions with paying per token.",[69,593,43],{"id":594},"claude-team",[11,596,597],{},"Team is the plan for groups of 2 to 150 people. It adds what a person does not need but an organisation does:",[289,599,600,606,612,618,623],{},[292,601,602,605],{},[14,603,604],{},"Central billing and seats",", Standard ($25, or $20 annually) or Premium ($125, or $100 annually), mixed as needed.",[292,607,608,611],{},[14,609,610],{},"SSO and domain verification",", connector administration, usage analytics and organisation-wide instructions.",[292,613,614,617],{},[14,615,616],{},"Shared Projects and org-wide Skills",", so a team works from the same material and procedures.",[292,619,620],{},[14,621,622],{},"No training on your data by default.",[292,624,625,628],{},[14,626,627],{},"Spend caps"," per organisation and per member.",[11,630,631],{},"Team is paid by card only, with no invoicing. Above 150 seats, Anthropic points you to Enterprise.",[69,633,51],{"id":634},"claude-enterprise",[11,636,637,638,641],{},"Enterprise changed shape in 2026. It is no longer a custom-priced bundle: you pay ",[14,639,640],{},"$20 per seat per month, billed annually, and all usage at API rates"," on top. There are no per-seat usage limits; administrators set spend limits per organisation or per user instead. The self-serve minimum is 20 seats; contracts from 50 seats can be invoiced in other currencies.",[11,643,644],{},"On top of Team, Enterprise adds:",[289,646,647,653,659,665,671],{},[292,648,649,652],{},[14,650,651],{},"SCIM provisioning",", audit logs and a Compliance API",[292,654,655,658],{},[14,656,657],{},"Custom data retention"," and customer-managed encryption keys",[292,660,661,664],{},[14,662,663],{},"A HIPAA-ready offering"," with a business associate agreement",[292,666,667,670],{},[14,668,669],{},"Network-level access control"," and IP allowlisting",[292,672,673,676],{},[14,674,675],{},"Usage-based billing"," for every model, Fable included",[11,678,679],{},"Because usage is billed at API rates, an Enterprise bill scales with how much people actually use Claude. That is fair, and also harder to predict: budget per team, and set spend limits from day one.",[69,681,683],{"id":682},"data-privacy-and-the-eu","Data, privacy and the EU",[289,685,686,692],{},[292,687,688,691],{},[14,689,690],{},"Training."," Team, Enterprise and the API do not train on your data by default. On Free, Pro and Max, training happens only if the user turns on the Model Improvement setting.",[292,693,694,697,698,701],{},[14,695,696],{},"Data residency."," The only residency option in Anthropic's own plans is ",[14,699,700],{},"US-only inference",", on usage-based Enterprise, at 1.1 times API rates. Anthropic's documentation shows no EU residency option for its plans as of October 2026.",[11,703,704,705,709],{},"For European companies, that last point often decides the question. The usual routes to EU processing are Claude through a cloud provider's EU region, or a gateway that runs in your own EU tenant and gives employees Claude there. Our page on ",[63,706,708],{"href":707},"\u002Fen\u002Fai-hub\u002Fclaude","Claude in the EU"," explains the options.",[69,711,713],{"id":712},"which-claude-plan-should-you-choose","Which Claude plan should you choose?",[74,715,716,725],{},[77,717,718],{},[80,719,720,723],{},[83,721,722],{},"Situation",[83,724,85],{},[96,726,727,734,741,748,755,763,770],{},[80,728,729,732],{},[101,730,731],{},"Trying Claude, occasional questions",[101,733,105],{},[80,735,736,739],{},[101,737,738],{},"Using Claude most days, some Claude Code",[101,740,120],{},[80,742,743,746],{},[101,744,745],{},"Claude Code is your main tool",[101,747,136],{},[80,749,750,753],{},[101,751,752],{},"Several agents in parallel, huge repositories",[101,754,152],{},[80,756,757,760],{},[101,758,759],{},"A team of up to 150 that needs SSO and shared billing",[101,761,762],{},"Team, Standard seats with Premium for heavy users",[80,764,765,768],{},[101,766,767],{},"More than 150 people, or audit logs, SCIM, HIPAA",[101,769,199],{},[80,771,772,775],{},[101,773,774],{},"Data must stay in the EU, or you also use GPT and other models",[101,776,777],{},"A gateway in your own EU region",[69,779,781],{"id":780},"claude-for-a-whole-company","Claude for a whole company",[11,783,784],{},"Plans are priced per person, but a company's real questions are about the whole organisation: which models each team may use, what a month of agent work will cost, where data is processed, and whether people also need GPT, Gemini or Mistral for some jobs.",[11,786,787,788,792],{},"Walma AI Hub gives every employee Claude, GPT and other models through one gateway hosted in your own EU region, with per-team model access, budgets and a full audit log, and with the same skills and MCP connections for everyone. ",[63,789,791],{"href":790},"\u002Fen\u002Fai-hub","See how it works",", or book a 20-minute walkthrough below.",{"title":794,"searchDepth":795,"depth":796,"links":797},"",2,3,[798,799,800,801,802,803,804,805,806,807],{"id":71,"depth":795,"text":72},{"id":214,"depth":795,"text":215},{"id":312,"depth":795,"text":313},{"id":382,"depth":795,"text":383},{"id":573,"depth":795,"text":574},{"id":594,"depth":795,"text":43},{"id":634,"depth":795,"text":51},{"id":682,"depth":795,"text":683},{"id":712,"depth":795,"text":713},{"id":780,"depth":795,"text":781},"2026-10-12","How much Claude costs in 2026: Free, Pro ($20), Max ($100 or $200), Team ($25 or $125 per seat) and Enterprise ($20 per seat plus usage). Usage limits, which models each plan gets, Claude Code, admin and security features, and how to choose.","md",[812,815,818,821,824,827,830,833],{"q":813,"a":814},"How much is Claude Pro for a year?","Claude Pro costs $200 a year billed annually, which works out to about $17 a month, against $20 a month billed monthly. Max and the other individual plans have no annual option; Team seats are $20 (Standard) or $100 (Premium) a month when billed annually.",{"q":816,"a":817},"How much does Claude cost?","Claude Free is $0. Claude Pro is $20 a month, or $17 a month billed annually. Claude Max is $100 a month (5x Pro usage) or $200 a month (20x), monthly only. Claude Team is $25 per Standard seat or $125 per Premium seat a month ($20 and $100 billed annually), for 2 to 150 seats. Claude Enterprise is $20 per seat a month billed annually, plus all usage at API rates.",{"q":819,"a":820},"How much does Claude Enterprise cost?","Claude Enterprise costs $20 per seat per month, billed annually, and every bit of usage is billed on top at API rates; the seat fee includes no usage. The self-serve minimum is 20 seats (card or ACH, USD); sales-assisted contracts start at 50 seats and can be invoiced in other currencies. It is also sold through AWS Marketplace. Older seat-based Enterprise contracts move to this model at renewal.",{"q":822,"a":823},"What is the difference between Claude Pro and Max?","Usage and models. Max 5x gives five times Pro's usage per session and Max 20x twenty times. Max also includes Claude Fable (up to half of the weekly limit), which Pro users can only reach through paid usage credits, plus priority access at peak times and monthly API credits of $100 or $200.",{"q":825,"a":826},"Is Claude Code included in Claude Pro?","Yes. Claude Code is included in Pro, Max, every Team seat (Standard and Premium) and Enterprise. It is not included in the Free plan. Chat, desktop, mobile, Claude Code and Cowork all draw from the same usage pool.",{"q":828,"a":829},"What are Claude's usage limits?","Every plan has a rolling five-hour session limit, and paid plans also have a weekly limit across all models. Anthropic publishes multipliers rather than message counts: Pro is at least 5x Free, Max is 5x or 20x Pro, Team Standard is 1.25x Pro and Team Premium 6.25x Pro. Team limits are per member, not pooled. When you hit a limit you can wait for the reset or buy usage credits at API rates.",{"q":831,"a":832},"Does Anthropic train on my Claude conversations?","On Team, Enterprise, Education and the API, your data is not used for training by default. On Free, Pro and Max, chats are used for training only if you turn on the Model Improvement setting (or a chat is flagged for a safety review); incognito chats are never used.",{"q":834,"a":835},"Can Claude keep data in the EU?","Not through Anthropic's own plans, as far as Anthropic's documentation shows in October 2026: the only in-product residency option is US-only inference on usage-based Enterprise. Companies that need EU processing typically run Claude through a cloud provider's EU region or a gateway hosted in the EU.",{},true,"\u002Fguides\u002Fai-tools\u002Fclaude-plans","11 min read",{"title":5,"description":809},"guides\u002Fai-tools\u002Fclaude-plans","ai-verktyg",null,"2026-11-03","jNa8VVdoC77tafUatL-xj2PYHdyO5U0jQAzaBkMDhfY",[847,1336,1946],{"id":848,"title":849,"author":6,"body":850,"date":1310,"description":1311,"extension":810,"faq":1312,"meta":1328,"navigation":837,"order":1329,"path":1330,"readTime":1331,"seo":1332,"stem":1333,"topic":842,"translationId":1334,"updated":1310,"__hash__":1335},"guides\u002Fguides\u002Fai-tools\u002Fchatgpt-business.md","ChatGPT Business: pricing, seats, data residency and how to export your data",{"type":8,"value":851,"toc":1300},[852,855,858,862,869,873,876,927,934,952,956,959,979,988,992,995,1090,1096,1100,1105,1111,1117,1147,1150,1154,1157,1163,1178,1187,1201,1208,1218,1222,1228,1234,1249,1253],[11,853,854],{},"ChatGPT Business is OpenAI's self-serve plan for companies: a shared workspace, admin controls, and the promise that your content is not used for training. It is what most companies buy first, and the questions afterwards are always the same: which seat type, what do we not get compared with Enterprise, where is our data, and how do we get it out again.",[11,856,857],{},"This guide answers those questions. Facts are from OpenAI's pricing page and help centre as of October 2026. OpenAI changes plans and limits often, so check the linked pages before you sign.",[69,859,861],{"id":860},"business-is-the-new-name-for-team","Business is the new name for Team",[11,863,864,865,868],{},"OpenAI renamed ",[14,866,867],{},"ChatGPT Team to ChatGPT Business on 29 August 2025",". Only the name changed at the time: features, pricing, limits and contracts carried over. Older articles and procurement documents that say \"Team\" mean the same product.",[69,870,872],{"id":871},"chatgpt-business-pricing","ChatGPT Business pricing",[11,874,875],{},"Business has two seat types, and you can mix them in one workspace:",[74,877,878,893],{},[77,879,880],{},[80,881,882,885,888,890],{},[83,883,884],{},"Seat",[83,886,887],{},"Billed monthly",[83,889,91],{},[83,891,892],{},"Usage",[96,894,895,911],{},[80,896,897,902,905,908],{},[101,898,899],{},[14,900,901],{},"Standard",[101,903,904],{},"$25 per user \u002F month",[101,906,907],{},"$20 per user \u002F month",[101,909,910],{},"Standard limits, including a five-hour usage window",[80,912,913,918,921,924],{},[101,914,915],{},[14,916,917],{},"Premium",[101,919,920],{},"$125 per user \u002F month",[101,922,923],{},"$100 per user \u002F month",[101,925,926],{},"5x the usage of Standard, no five-hour limit",[11,928,929,930,933],{},"A workspace needs ",[14,931,932],{},"at least two paid seats",", in any combination. Seat types can be reassigned between people, which makes Premium practical for the handful of heavy users rather than everyone.",[11,935,936,939,940,946,947,67],{},[14,937,938],{},"ChatGPT Enterprise"," has no public price; it is sold through OpenAI's sales team. Source: ",[63,941,945],{"href":942,"rel":943},"https:\u002F\u002Fopenai.com\u002Fbusiness\u002Fchatgpt-pricing\u002F",[944],"nofollow","OpenAI Business pricing"," and the ",[63,948,951],{"href":949,"rel":950},"https:\u002F\u002Fhelp.openai.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002F8542115-chatgpt-business-general-faq",[944],"Business FAQ",[69,953,955],{"id":954},"what-business-includes","What Business includes",[11,957,958],{},"According to OpenAI's help centre, both seat types include:",[289,960,961,964,967,970,973],{},[292,962,963],{},"ChatGPT with OpenAI's current models, within each seat type's limits",[292,965,966],{},"Projects, custom GPTs and apps (connectors to company tools)",[292,968,969],{},"Company knowledge, deep research and agent mode",[292,971,972],{},"Codex for software development",[292,974,975,976],{},"A shared workspace with admin controls and ",[14,977,978],{},"SSO",[11,980,981,982,987],{},"The model lineup and the exact message limits change often; OpenAI keeps them on its ",[63,983,986],{"href":984,"rel":985},"https:\u002F\u002Fhelp.openai.com\u002Fen\u002Farticles\u002F12003714-chatgpt-business-models-and-limits",[944],"Business models and limits page",". Premium seats get the same features with more usage, not different features.",[69,989,991],{"id":990},"what-is-enterprise-only","What is Enterprise-only",[11,993,994],{},"This is where the decision usually sits. Features OpenAI lists for Enterprise (and Edu) but not Business:",[74,996,997,1009],{},[77,998,999],{},[80,1000,1001,1004,1007],{},[83,1002,1003],{},"Need",[83,1005,1006],{},"Business",[83,1008,199],{},[96,1010,1011,1019,1032,1044,1056,1068,1081],{},[80,1012,1013,1015,1017],{},[101,1014,978],{},[101,1016,412],{},[101,1018,412],{},[80,1020,1021,1027,1030],{},[101,1022,1023,1026],{},[14,1024,1025],{},"SCIM"," (automatic user provisioning and removal)",[101,1028,1029],{},"No, users are added and removed by hand",[101,1031,412],{},[80,1033,1034,1038,1041],{},[101,1035,1036],{},[14,1037,657],{},[101,1039,1040],{},"No, chats are kept until deleted",[101,1042,1043],{},"Yes, minimum 90 days",[80,1045,1046,1052,1054],{},[101,1047,1048,1051],{},[14,1049,1050],{},"Compliance API"," (export of conversations, files and users for audit)",[101,1053,478],{},[101,1055,412],{},[80,1057,1058,1064,1066],{},[101,1059,1060,1063],{},[14,1061,1062],{},"Enterprise key management"," (your own keys in AWS, GCP or Azure)",[101,1065,478],{},[101,1067,412],{},[80,1069,1070,1076,1078],{},[101,1071,1072,1075],{},[14,1073,1074],{},"Inference residency"," (processing stays in region)",[101,1077,478],{},[101,1079,1080],{},"Europe, US or UAE",[80,1082,1083,1086,1088],{},[101,1084,1085],{},"Workspace analytics export",[101,1087,478],{},[101,1089,412],{},[11,1091,1092,1095],{},[14,1093,1094],{},"No SCIM"," is the one that bites first in a company with more than a few dozen users: leavers are not removed automatically when they are disabled in your identity provider, so offboarding becomes a manual checklist item.",[69,1097,1099],{"id":1098},"data-privacy-and-residency","Data, privacy and residency",[11,1101,1102,1104],{},[14,1103,690],{}," OpenAI does not train on Business or Enterprise content by default. Data is encrypted at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.2+). A data processing addendum (DPA) is available for Business, and the plan is covered by OpenAI's SOC 2 Type 2 report.",[11,1106,1107,1110],{},[14,1108,1109],{},"Retention."," In Business, chats are kept until the user deletes them. Deleted chats are removed from OpenAI's systems within 30 days unless OpenAI must keep them for legal or security reasons. There is no admin-set retention period on Business.",[11,1112,1113,1116],{},[14,1114,1115],{},"Data residency in Europe."," OpenAI offers data residency (storage at rest) in Europe (the EEA and Switzerland), the UK, the US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Australia and the UAE. Three caveats for Business:",[1118,1119,1120,1132,1140],"ol",{},[292,1121,1122,1123,1126,1127,1131],{},"It is ",[14,1124,1125],{},"rolling out gradually"," to Business workspaces, so not every workspace has it yet. Your region is shown under ",[1128,1129,1130],"em",{},"Workspace settings → General",", but you cannot change it there.",[292,1133,1134,1136,1137,67],{},[14,1135,1074],{},", where processing also stays in Europe, is ",[14,1138,1139],{},"Enterprise and Edu only",[292,1141,1142,1143,1146],{},"Even with a non-US region, OpenAI keeps ",[14,1144,1145],{},"safety and abuse-monitoring data in the US",", including a time-limited copy of prompts and responses.",[11,1148,1149],{},"For a European company, that third point is what your DPO needs to see. It does not rule Business out, but it means \"EU residency\" on Business is storage in Europe, not processing only in Europe.",[69,1151,1153],{"id":1152},"how-to-export-data-from-chatgpt-business","How to export data from ChatGPT Business",[11,1155,1156],{},"Here the plans differ in ways that surprise people.",[11,1158,1159,1162],{},[14,1160,1161],{},"Members cannot export their own workspace data."," In a Business, Enterprise or Healthcare workspace, a member's export request goes to the workspace owner. The self-service export many guides describe applies to personal accounts.",[11,1164,1165,1168,1169,1172,1173,1177],{},[14,1166,1167],{},"Personal accounts"," export like this: ",[1128,1170,1171],{},"Settings → Data controls → Export data → Export → Confirm export",". You receive a ZIP of your chat history, including a ",[1174,1175,1176],"code",{},"conversations.json"," file, by email. It can take up to seven days, and the download link expires 24 hours after it arrives.",[11,1179,1180,1183,1184,1186],{},[14,1181,1182],{},"Enterprise and Edu"," have the ",[14,1185,1050],{},", which delivers time-windowed logs of conversations, files, GPTs, memories and users. Logs are kept for 30 days, so an organisation that needs a complete archive has to collect them continuously.",[11,1188,1189,1192,1193,1196,1197,1200],{},[14,1190,1191],{},"A single conversation"," is shared with a ",[14,1194,1195],{},"shared link",". In a Business workspace, only members of the same workspace can open it, and opening it creates a private copy for the viewer. Links are managed under ",[1128,1198,1199],{},"Settings → Data controls → Shared links",". OpenAI does not document a built-in PDF or Markdown export for an ordinary chat.",[11,1202,1203,1204,1207],{},"The practical consequence: ",[14,1205,1206],{},"plan your exit before you need it."," If you might move to Enterprise, another vendor or a different setup later, the workspace owner is the only route out for Business content, and there is no API to automate it. Moving from Business to Enterprise can keep the same workspace and its data through OpenAI's sales team.",[11,1209,1210,1213,1214,1217],{},[14,1211,1212],{},"Bringing personal chats in"," works the other way: from the Business workspace, ",[1128,1215,1216],{},"Settings → Data controls → Merge data from your personal workspace"," moves chats, files and projects into the company workspace, after which the company controls them.",[69,1219,1221],{"id":1220},"business-enterprise-or-something-else","Business, Enterprise, or something else?",[11,1223,1224,1227],{},[14,1225,1226],{},"Business fits"," a team of up to a few dozen people who want ChatGPT with sensible defaults, can live with manual user management, and do not need audit exports.",[11,1229,1230,1233],{},[14,1231,1232],{},"Enterprise fits"," when you need SCIM, retention policies, audit exports through the Compliance API, your own encryption keys, or processing kept in Europe.",[11,1235,1236,1239,1240,1243,1244,1248],{},[14,1237,1238],{},"A gateway fits"," when the company wants more than one model vendor, budgets per team, one log across everything, and processing in its own EU cloud tenant rather than a vendor's workspace. That is what ",[63,1241,1242],{"href":790},"Walma AI Hub"," does: OpenAI's models alongside Claude and others, running in the customer's own Azure tenant in an EU region, with every call logged. Our ",[63,1245,1247],{"href":1246},"\u002Fen\u002Fai-hub\u002Fchatgpt","ChatGPT in the EU page"," compares that setup with ChatGPT Enterprise in detail, including which OpenAI models are available in Azure's EU Data Zone.",[69,1250,1252],{"id":1251},"before-you-buy-a-checklist","Before you buy: a checklist",[1118,1254,1255,1261,1267,1273,1279,1290],{},[292,1256,1257,1260],{},[14,1258,1259],{},"Seat mix."," Who are the heavy users who need Premium? Everyone else on Standard.",[292,1262,1263,1266],{},[14,1264,1265],{},"Offboarding."," Without SCIM, who removes leavers, and how fast?",[292,1268,1269,1272],{},[14,1270,1271],{},"Residency."," Is your workspace's region set, and is storage-only residency enough for your DPO?",[292,1274,1275,1278],{},[14,1276,1277],{},"Exit."," Who is the workspace owner, and what is the process if you need everything out?",[292,1280,1281,1284,1285,1289],{},[14,1282,1283],{},"Connectors."," Which company systems will people connect, and who approves them? Each connector is a data flow; see our ",[63,1286,1288],{"href":1287},"\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fmcp\u002Fmcp-security-best-practices","MCP security guide"," for the questions to ask.",[292,1291,1292,1295,1296,67],{},[14,1293,1294],{},"AI policy."," The EU AI Act requires staff using AI to have appropriate AI literacy; buying the tool is the start of that work, not the end. See ",[63,1297,1299],{"href":1298},"\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fai-agents\u002Fwhat-is-ai-governance","What is AI governance?",{"title":794,"searchDepth":795,"depth":796,"links":1301},[1302,1303,1304,1305,1306,1307,1308,1309],{"id":860,"depth":795,"text":861},{"id":871,"depth":795,"text":872},{"id":954,"depth":795,"text":955},{"id":990,"depth":795,"text":991},{"id":1098,"depth":795,"text":1099},{"id":1152,"depth":795,"text":1153},{"id":1220,"depth":795,"text":1221},{"id":1251,"depth":795,"text":1252},"2026-10-06","What ChatGPT Business (formerly ChatGPT Team) costs per seat, the difference between Standard and Premium seats, what is Enterprise-only, how data residency works in Europe, and how exporting chats actually works in a Business workspace.",[1313,1316,1319,1322,1325],{"q":1314,"a":1315},"How much does ChatGPT Business cost?","At the time of writing, a Standard seat costs $25 per user per month billed monthly, or $20 per user per month billed annually. A Premium seat costs $125 per month billed monthly, or $100 per month billed annually. A workspace needs at least two paid seats, in any combination. Check OpenAI's Business pricing page for current prices.",{"q":1317,"a":1318},"Is ChatGPT Business the same as ChatGPT Team?","Yes. OpenAI renamed ChatGPT Team to ChatGPT Business on 29 August 2025. Only the name changed; features, pricing, limits and contracts stayed the same at the time of the rename.",{"q":1320,"a":1321},"Does OpenAI train on ChatGPT Business data?","No, not by default. OpenAI states that it does not train its models on content from Business or Enterprise workspaces by default, and that data is encrypted at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.2 or higher).",{"q":1323,"a":1324},"Can I export my chats from ChatGPT Business?","Not yourself. Members of a Business or Enterprise workspace cannot export their own workspace data; export requests go to the workspace owner. The self-service export under Settings, Data controls, Export data applies to personal accounts. You can share an individual conversation with colleagues in the same workspace through a shared link.",{"q":1326,"a":1327},"Does ChatGPT Business offer EU data residency?","OpenAI is rolling out data residency to Business workspaces gradually, with Europe (the EEA and Switzerland) among the regions for data at rest. Inference residency, where processing also stays in the region, is only available on Enterprise and Edu. Even with a European region, OpenAI keeps some safety and abuse-monitoring data in the US.",{},1,"\u002Fguides\u002Fai-tools\u002Fchatgpt-business","9 min 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is Claude Cowork? Pricing, plugins and Cowork vs Claude Code (2026)",{"type":8,"value":1950,"toc":2761},[1951,1954,1957,1960,1964,2043,2047,2050,2053,2056,2073,2076,2080,2083,2147,2150,2157,2161,2214,2221,2224,2238,2242,2280,2290,2296,2300,2307,2327,2334,2353,2369,2376,2380,2459,2466,2470,2473,2560,2563,2567,2570,2608,2611,2678,2681,2687,2691,2694,2700,2704,2707,2734,2737,2741],[11,1952,1953],{},"Claude Cowork is the part of Claude that does work instead of answering questions. You give it an outcome, such as \"reconcile these three exports and flag the differences\" or \"brief me on these five accounts before Thursday\", and it plans the task, runs it step by step and hands back files.",[11,1955,1956],{},"It has also changed more than almost any Anthropic product this year. It launched as a Mac-only preview in January, reached every paid plan in April, came to the web and phones in July, and since 6 October runs in the cloud by default. Much of what is written about it describes a version that no longer exists. This guide describes the current one.",[11,1958,1959],{},"Facts are from Anthropic's product pages, pricing page and help center, checked on 21 October 2026. Where only third-party sources exist, we say so.",[69,1961,1963],{"id":1962},"claude-cowork-at-a-glance","Claude Cowork at a glance",[74,1965,1966,1974],{},[77,1967,1968],{},[80,1969,1970,1972],{},[83,1971],{},[83,1973],{},[96,1975,1976,1984,1992,2003,2011,2019,2027,2035],{},[80,1977,1978,1981],{},[101,1979,1980],{},"What it is",[101,1982,1983],{},"An agent for knowledge work: research, analysis, documents",[80,1985,1986,1989],{},[101,1987,1988],{},"Who makes it",[101,1990,1991],{},"Anthropic, same agent architecture as Claude Code",[80,1993,1994,1997],{},[101,1995,1996],{},"Plans",[101,1998,1999,2000],{},"Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise. ",[14,2001,2002],{},"Not Free",[80,2004,2005,2008],{},[101,2006,2007],{},"Price",[101,2009,2010],{},"No extra charge; from $20\u002Fmonth with Pro",[80,2012,2013,2016],{},[101,2014,2015],{},"Platforms",[101,2017,2018],{},"macOS, Windows, Linux (beta), web, iOS, Android",[80,2020,2021,2024],{},[101,2022,2023],{},"Where tasks run",[101,2025,2026],{},"In the cloud by default (Pro, Max) since 6 Oct 2026",[80,2028,2029,2032],{},[101,2030,2031],{},"Extends with",[101,2033,2034],{},"Plugins, skills, connectors (MCP), scheduled tasks",[80,2036,2037,2040],{},[101,2038,2039],{},"Status",[101,2041,2042],{},"Generally available since 9 April 2026",[69,2044,2046],{"id":2045},"what-claude-cowork-actually-does","What Claude Cowork actually does",[11,2048,2049],{},"A normal Claude chat answers one prompt at a time. Cowork takes a goal and carries it out: it writes a plan, splits it into subtasks, runs code to read and transform your files, and delivers a result you can preview and download. You can watch, steer it mid-task, or leave and check in from another device.",[11,2051,2052],{},"Anthropic is folding the two together. Chat and Cowork now share one message box on Pro and Max, and Claude decides whether your message needs a quick answer or a task. Anthropic's own pages have started to say \"Claude Cowork is now just Claude\". On Enterprise the merged view is a beta switch an admin turns on.",[11,2054,2055],{},"The use cases Anthropic lists are telling, because none of them are about writing:",[289,2057,2058,2061,2064,2067,2070],{},[292,2059,2060],{},"Recurring reports that pull from the same sources every week",[292,2062,2063],{},"Building spreadsheets and reconciling financial exports",[292,2065,2066],{},"First-pass contract review against your own playbook",[292,2068,2069],{},"Analysing sales calls for objections, and account research before a call",[292,2071,2072],{},"Going through a pile of notes, tickets or survey answers and summarising them",[11,2074,2075],{},"Anthropic says about half of Cowork usage is \"the work around the work\": the collecting, cleaning and formatting that sits between an employee and the actual decision.",[69,2077,2079],{"id":2078},"claude-cowork-pricing-is-it-free","Claude Cowork pricing: is it free?",[11,2081,2082],{},"No. Cowork is included in every paid plan and in none of the free ones.",[74,2084,2085,2095],{},[77,2086,2087],{},[80,2088,2089,2091,2093],{},[83,2090,85],{},[83,2092,2007],{},[83,2094,540],{},[96,2096,2097,2106,2116,2127,2137],{},[80,2098,2099,2101,2103],{},[101,2100,105],{},[101,2102,108],{},[101,2104,2105],{},"Not included",[80,2107,2108,2110,2113],{},[101,2109,120],{},[101,2111,2112],{},"$20\u002Fmonth ($17 annually)",[101,2114,2115],{},"Included",[80,2117,2118,2121,2124],{},[101,2119,2120],{},"Max 5x \u002F 20x",[101,2122,2123],{},"$100 \u002F $200 a month",[101,2125,2126],{},"Included, 5x or 20x Pro's usage",[80,2128,2129,2131,2134],{},[101,2130,400],{},[101,2132,2133],{},"$25 or $125 per seat ($20 or $100 annually)",[101,2135,2136],{},"Included, on by default",[80,2138,2139,2141,2144],{},[101,2140,199],{},[101,2142,2143],{},"$20 per seat annually + usage at API rates",[101,2145,2146],{},"Included, admin controls",[11,2148,2149],{},"There is no separate Cowork fee, but it is not free inside a plan either. Every surface (chat, desktop, mobile, Claude Code and Cowork) draws from the same rolling five-hour and weekly limits, and Anthropic warns that Cowork uses them faster than chat because a task runs many steps. The \"Auto\" permission mode uses more again, since every action is screened. When you run out you wait for the reset or buy extra usage at API rates.",[11,2151,2152,2153,67],{},"For the full plan comparison, see ",[63,2154,2156],{"href":2155},"\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fai-tools\u002Fclaude-plans","Claude plans compared",[69,2158,2160],{"id":2159},"platforms-mac-windows-linux-web-and-mobile","Platforms: Mac, Windows, Linux, web and mobile",[74,2162,2163,2172],{},[77,2164,2165],{},[80,2166,2167,2170],{},[83,2168,2169],{},"Platform",[83,2171,2039],{},[96,2173,2174,2182,2190,2198,2206],{},[80,2175,2176,2179],{},[101,2177,2178],{},"macOS",[101,2180,2181],{},"All paid plans, since January 2026",[80,2183,2184,2187],{},[101,2185,2186],{},"Windows",[101,2188,2189],{},"All paid plans, since 10 February 2026 (latest desktop app)",[80,2191,2192,2195],{},[101,2193,2194],{},"Linux",[101,2196,2197],{},"Desktop beta since 30 June 2026: Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, x86_64 and arm64; no computer use",[80,2199,2200,2203],{},[101,2201,2202],{},"Web (claude.ai)",[101,2204,2205],{},"Pro, Max and Team (Team in beta); Enterprise when an admin enables it",[80,2207,2208,2211],{},[101,2209,2210],{},"iOS and Android",[101,2212,2213],{},"Same as web",[11,2215,2216,2217,2220],{},"Some things still need the desktop app open, wherever the task was started: ",[14,2218,2219],{},"local files, local connectors (including plugins that run a local MCP server), browser use and computer use",". If a cloud task needs one of those and your computer is asleep, it waits.",[11,2222,2223],{},"Two related features are worth knowing by name:",[289,2225,2226,2232],{},[292,2227,2228,2231],{},[14,2229,2230],{},"Dispatch"," let you message Claude from your phone and have it work on your desktop. It is a limited beta, and Anthropic has closed it to new users; cloud Cowork does the same job without the desktop.",[292,2233,2234,2237],{},[14,2235,2236],{},"The built-in browser"," (beta since 26 August 2026, Pro, Max and Team) lets Cowork browse inside the desktop app. Claude in Chrome is the older route, through a Chrome side panel.",[69,2239,2241],{"id":2240},"how-to-use-claude-cowork","How to use Claude Cowork",[1118,2243,2244,2250,2256,2262,2268,2274],{},[292,2245,2246,2249],{},[14,2247,2248],{},"Open Claude"," on the web, desktop or phone and pick Cowork (or just describe a task, if your account has the merged view).",[292,2251,2252,2255],{},[14,2253,2254],{},"Connect what it needs."," Folders: Claude can only reach folders you connect. Connectors: add them under Customize in the sidebar, for example Google Drive, Slack or your CRM.",[292,2257,2258,2261],{},[14,2259,2260],{},"Describe the outcome, not the steps."," \"Compare Q3 spend by supplier against budget and draft a one-page summary for the CFO\" works better than a list of instructions.",[292,2263,2264,2267],{},[14,2265,2266],{},"Review the plan"," before it runs. This is where you catch a wrong file or a wrong assumption.",[292,2269,2270,2273],{},[14,2271,2272],{},"Choose a permission mode."," Manual (the default) asks before each action. Auto screens each action and blocks unsafe ones. Skip runs with no pauses and no checks; keep it for throwaway folders.",[292,2275,2276,2279],{},[14,2277,2278],{},"Download or keep the result."," Deleting the task removes it from Anthropic's storage within 30 days.",[11,2281,2282,2285,2286,2289],{},[14,2283,2284],{},"Scheduled tasks"," are the feature most people discover late. Type ",[1174,2287,2288],{},"\u002Fschedule"," or open Scheduled in the sidebar, and a task such as a Monday pipeline report runs in the cloud on its own, with no device switched on.",[11,2291,2292,2295],{},[14,2293,2294],{},"Global and folder instructions"," work like a project brief: tell Claude once how your team formats reports or which folder holds the source of truth, and every task picks it up.",[69,2297,2299],{"id":2298},"cowork-plugins-skills-and-connectors","Cowork plugins, skills and connectors",[11,2301,2302,2303,2306],{},"A ",[14,2304,2305],{},"plugin"," is a bundle for one kind of work: skills (instructions), connectors (MCP servers), slash commands and sub-agents, packaged as files. Anthropic publishes open-source plugins for:",[289,2308,2309,2312,2315,2318,2321,2324],{},[292,2310,2311],{},"Productivity and enterprise search",[292,2313,2314],{},"Sales, marketing and customer support",[292,2316,2317],{},"Finance (extended in February with Excel and PowerPoint work) and data",[292,2319,2320],{},"Legal, including contract review against a playbook",[292,2322,2323],{},"Product management and biology research",[292,2325,2326],{},"Plugin create\u002Fcustomize, for building your own",[11,2328,2329,2330,2333],{},"Install one under ",[14,2331,2332],{},"Customize → Plugins",", or upload a plugin file. Plugins you save also work in chat and in Claude Code, so a team writes them once.",[11,2335,2336,2339,2340,2343,2344,2348,2349,67],{},[14,2337,2338],{},"Skills"," are the same format as everywhere else in Claude: a folder with a ",[1174,2341,2342],{},"SKILL.md"," file. The ones worth starting with are in our list of ",[63,2345,2347],{"href":2346},"\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fskills\u002Fbest-claude-skills","the best Claude skills","; document skills for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF matter most in Cowork. You can even create a skill on Mac by recording yourself doing a task, see ",[63,2350,2352],{"href":2351},"\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fskills\u002Fclaude-skill-creator","Claude skill creator",[11,2354,2355,2358,2359,2363,2364,2368],{},[14,2356,2357],{},"Connectors"," are MCP servers. Cowork can use remote connectors from the directory and local MCP servers on your machine, which is where most of the risk sits (see below). Our ",[63,2360,2362],{"href":2361},"\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fmcp\u002Fclaude-connectors","guide to Claude connectors"," covers how they work, and the ",[63,2365,2367],{"href":2366},"\u002Fen\u002Fmcp-directory","MCP directory"," lists the servers for common business tools.",[11,2370,2371,2372,2375],{},"On ",[14,2373,2374],{},"Team and Enterprise",", an owner can run a private plugin marketplace under Organization settings → Plugins, from a ZIP or a private GitHub repo that syncs automatically. That is how a company gives everyone the same reviewed legal or finance plugin instead of 40 people installing their own.",[69,2377,2379],{"id":2378},"claude-cowork-vs-claude-code","Claude Cowork vs Claude Code",[74,2381,2382,2393],{},[77,2383,2384],{},[80,2385,2386,2388,2391],{},[83,2387],{},[83,2389,2390],{},"Claude Cowork",[83,2392,491],{},[96,2394,2395,2406,2417,2428,2439,2450],{},[80,2396,2397,2400,2403],{},[101,2398,2399],{},"Built for",[101,2401,2402],{},"Research, analysis, documents",[101,2404,2405],{},"Software engineering",[80,2407,2408,2411,2414],{},[101,2409,2410],{},"Works in",[101,2412,2413],{},"Folders, connectors, browser",[101,2415,2416],{},"A code repository, terminal, IDE",[80,2418,2419,2422,2425],{},[101,2420,2421],{},"Output",[101,2423,2424],{},"Files, reports, answers",[101,2426,2427],{},"Code, commits, pull requests",[80,2429,2430,2433,2436],{},[101,2431,2432],{},"Interface",[101,2434,2435],{},"Claude app, web, phone",[101,2437,2438],{},"Terminal, IDE, desktop, web",[80,2440,2441,2444,2447],{},[101,2442,2443],{},"Runs",[101,2445,2446],{},"Cloud by default, local when needed",[101,2448,2449],{},"Local by default, cloud optional",[80,2451,2452,2454,2457],{},[101,2453,892],{},[101,2455,2456],{},"Same pool",[101,2458,2456],{},[11,2460,2461,2462,2465],{},"The rule of thumb: if the result is code, use ",[63,2463,491],{"href":2464},"\u002Fen\u002Fguides\u002Fclaude-code\u002Fhow-to-use-claude-code",". If it is a document or a decision, use Cowork. Developers end up using both, and plugins carry across. Work that must never leave the machine belongs in Claude Code in the desktop app, which Anthropic itself points to for that case.",[69,2467,2469],{"id":2468},"cowork-vs-openclaw-and-perplexity-computer","Cowork vs OpenClaw and Perplexity Computer",[11,2471,2472],{},"These comparisons come from third-party sources; neither vendor publishes one.",[74,2474,2475,2489],{},[77,2476,2477],{},[80,2478,2479,2481,2483,2486],{},[83,2480],{},[83,2482,2390],{},[83,2484,2485],{},"OpenClaw",[83,2487,2488],{},"Perplexity Computer",[96,2490,2491,2505,2518,2532,2546],{},[80,2492,2493,2496,2499,2502],{},[101,2494,2495],{},"Type",[101,2497,2498],{},"Managed product",[101,2500,2501],{},"Open-source, self-hosted",[101,2503,2504],{},"Managed cloud agent",[80,2506,2507,2509,2512,2515],{},[101,2508,324],{},[101,2510,2511],{},"Claude only",[101,2513,2514],{},"Any (Claude, GPT, Gemini, local)",[101,2516,2517],{},"About 19, orchestrated",[80,2519,2520,2523,2526,2529],{},[101,2521,2522],{},"Cost",[101,2524,2525],{},"From $20\u002Fmonth plan",[101,2527,2528],{},"Free software + your API costs",[101,2530,2531],{},"Perplexity Max $200\u002Fmonth, credit-based",[80,2533,2534,2537,2540,2543],{},[101,2535,2536],{},"Setup",[101,2538,2539],{},"Install the app",[101,2541,2542],{},"Node.js, API keys, configuration",[101,2544,2545],{},"Sign up",[80,2547,2548,2551,2554,2557],{},[101,2549,2550],{},"Main risk",[101,2552,2553],{},"Connectors and unattended tasks",[101,2555,2556],{},"Full system access, unvetted skills",[101,2558,2559],{},"Credits run out on heavy use",[11,2561,2562],{},"OpenClaw suits someone who wants to run an agent on their own server with any model and is comfortable owning its security. Cowork suits a team that wants a managed agent tied to the plans it already pays for.",[69,2564,2566],{"id":2565},"security-and-admin-what-to-check-before-a-rollout","Security and admin: what to check before a rollout",[11,2568,2569],{},"Anthropic's own safety article is unusually direct about the risks. The ones that matter for a company:",[289,2571,2572,2578,2584,2590,2596,2602],{},[292,2573,2574,2577],{},[14,2575,2576],{},"Prompt injection."," A document or web page can contain instructions. Anthropic says the chance of an attack is \"still non-zero\".",[292,2579,2580,2583],{},[14,2581,2582],{},"Write and delete actions."," Cowork can change and delete files; permanent deletion needs explicit permission.",[292,2585,2586,2589],{},[14,2587,2588],{},"Computer use"," runs without the permission checks that gate the other tools.",[292,2591,2592,2595],{},[14,2593,2594],{},"Egress rules do not cover"," web fetch, web search, MCP or Chrome.",[292,2597,2598,2601],{},[14,2599,2600],{},"Local MCP servers run with the user's own permissions",", and data can move between connected apps.",[292,2603,2604,2607],{},[14,2605,2606],{},"Scheduled tasks run unattended",", so a bad instruction repeats every week.",[11,2609,2610],{},"What admins can control on Team and Enterprise:",[74,2612,2613,2623],{},[77,2614,2615],{},[80,2616,2617,2620],{},[83,2618,2619],{},"Control",[83,2621,2622],{},"Default",[96,2624,2625,2633,2641,2649,2657,2664,2671],{},[80,2626,2627,2630],{},[101,2628,2629],{},"Cowork on\u002Foff for the organization",[101,2631,2632],{},"On",[80,2634,2635,2638],{},[101,2636,2637],{},"Run Cowork in the cloud",[101,2639,2640],{},"On for Team, off for Enterprise",[80,2642,2643,2646],{},[101,2644,2645],{},"Built-in browser",[101,2647,2648],{},"On (Enterprise since 10 Sep 2026, unless turned off)",[80,2650,2651,2654],{},[101,2652,2653],{},"\"Always allow\" for connector tools",[101,2655,2656],{},"Off",[80,2658,2659,2662],{},[101,2660,2661],{},"Per-tool connector rules (e.g. read yes, write no)",[101,2663,199],{},[80,2665,2666,2669],{},[101,2667,2668],{},"Role-based access via SCIM groups, group spend limits",[101,2670,199],{},[80,2672,2673,2676],{},[101,2674,2675],{},"OpenTelemetry events for every tool call, file read and change, approval",[101,2677,2374],{},[11,2679,2680],{},"Two gaps to know. Local session history stays on the user's machine, outside Anthropic's retention policy, and admins cannot delete it. And the Compliance API covers Cowork sessions, but local sessions are only retrievable for the last 30 days. Anthropic also says OpenTelemetry \"doesn't replace audit logging for compliance purposes.\"",[11,2682,2683,2684,2686],{},"The checklist we use: start with Manual mode, allow read-only connector tools first, keep scheduled tasks to a named owner, review plugins centrally instead of letting everyone install their own, and stream OpenTelemetry to whatever already watches your other systems. The ",[63,2685,1288],{"href":1287}," goes deeper on connectors.",[69,2688,2690],{"id":2689},"data-and-the-eu","Data and the EU",[11,2692,2693],{},"Cowork's documentation says nothing about EU data residency, and as of October 2026 Claude's own plans offer no EU processing option. With cloud execution now the default on Pro and Max, files a task needs are copied to Anthropic's environment for the length of the session. For most personal use that is fine. For a European company handling customer, employee or financial data, it is the question legal will ask first.",[11,2695,2696,2697,2699],{},"The usual answers are Claude through a cloud provider's EU region (Anthropic lists Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud and Microsoft Foundry as routes to Cowork), or a gateway in your own EU tenant. See ",[63,2698,708],{"href":707}," for the options.",[69,2701,2703],{"id":2702},"fixing-missing-hcs-services-on-windows","Fixing \"missing HCS services\" on Windows",[11,2705,2706],{},"The error \"Missing HCS services: HNS, vmcompute, vfpext\" means the Windows virtualization services Cowork's local environment relies on are not running. Anthropic has no article on it; the fixes users report are:",[1118,2708,2709,2720,2723],{},[292,2710,2711,2712,2715,2716,2719],{},"Enable ",[14,2713,2714],{},"Virtual Machine Platform"," (and ",[14,2717,2718],{},"Hyper-V"," where your edition has it) under Windows Features, then restart fully. This needs admin rights, so on a managed laptop it is an IT ticket.",[292,2721,2722],{},"If it persists, clear the cache under Help → Troubleshoot in Claude Desktop and restart the app.",[292,2724,2725,2726,2729,2730,2733],{},"If the message names ",[14,2727,2728],{},"vfpext",", enable the ",[14,2731,2732],{},"Containers"," optional feature as well. DISM and SFC repairs reportedly do not help.",[11,2735,2736],{},"Tasks that run in the cloud do not use the local environment, so they may work even while the error remains.",[69,2738,2740],{"id":2739},"claude-cowork-for-a-whole-company","Claude Cowork for a whole company",[11,2742,2743,2744,2748,2749,2753,2754,2758,2759,792],{},"Cowork is at its best when everyone has the same reviewed plugins, the same connectors and clear rules about what can be read and written. That is a platform decision more than a personal one. Walma AI Hub gives every employee Claude, GPT and other models through one gateway in your own EU region, with per-team model access, budgets, a full audit log and the same skills and MCP connections for everyone, including the department setups for ",[63,2745,2747],{"href":2746},"\u002Fen\u002Fai-for-legal","legal",", ",[63,2750,2752],{"href":2751},"\u002Fen\u002Fai-for-finance","finance"," and ",[63,2755,2757],{"href":2756},"\u002Fen\u002Fai-for-sales","sales",". ",[63,2760,791],{"href":790},{"title":794,"searchDepth":795,"depth":796,"links":2762},[2763,2764,2765,2766,2767,2768,2769,2770,2771,2772,2773,2774],{"id":1962,"depth":795,"text":1963},{"id":2045,"depth":795,"text":2046},{"id":2078,"depth":795,"text":2079},{"id":2159,"depth":795,"text":2160},{"id":2240,"depth":795,"text":2241},{"id":2298,"depth":795,"text":2299},{"id":2378,"depth":795,"text":2379},{"id":2468,"depth":795,"text":2469},{"id":2565,"depth":795,"text":2566},{"id":2689,"depth":795,"text":2690},{"id":2702,"depth":795,"text":2703},{"id":2739,"depth":795,"text":2740},"2026-10-21","Claude Cowork explained: what it does, which plans include it (Pro from $20, not Free), Windows, Mac, Linux, web and mobile, plugins and connectors, scheduled tasks, how it compares with Claude Code, OpenClaw and Perplexity Computer, and what admins should check first.",[2778,2781,2784,2787,2790,2793,2796,2799,2802,2805],{"q":2779,"a":2780},"What is Claude Cowork?","Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for knowledge work. Instead of answering one prompt at a time, you describe an outcome, Claude makes a plan, splits it into steps, runs code where it needs to and hands back finished files such as spreadsheets, decks and reports. It is built on the same agent architecture as Claude Code, but for research, analysis and documents rather than software, and with no terminal.",{"q":2782,"a":2783},"Is Claude Cowork free?","No. Cowork is included in every paid Claude plan (Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise) at no extra charge, but not in the Free plan. It draws on the same usage allowance as chat and Claude Code, and Anthropic notes that Cowork uses that allowance faster than chat because tasks run many steps.",{"q":2785,"a":2786},"How much does Claude Cowork cost?","The cheapest way to get it is Claude Pro at $20 a month ($17 billed annually). Max costs $100 or $200 a month, Team $25 or $125 per seat a month ($20 or $100 billed annually), and Enterprise $20 per seat a month billed annually plus usage at API rates. There is no separate Cowork price.",{"q":2788,"a":2789},"What is the difference between Claude Cowork and Claude Code?","Claude Code is for software engineering: it works in a code repository, a terminal and an IDE. Cowork is for everything around it: research, reports, spreadsheets, contract review, account research. They share the same agent approach and the same usage allowance, and plugins you save work in both. If the output is code, use Claude Code; if the output is a document or an answer, use Cowork.",{"q":2791,"a":2792},"Does Claude Cowork work on Windows?","Yes. Cowork has been on Windows since 10 February 2026, on every paid plan, with the latest Claude desktop app. Anthropic's current documentation lists Windows x64; whether Windows on Arm is supported is not stated. There is also a Linux desktop beta (Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+) and Cowork on the web and in the mobile apps.",{"q":2794,"a":2795},"Where does Claude Cowork run?","Since 6 October 2026, Cowork tasks on Pro and Max run in the cloud by default: code runs in an isolated, temporary environment on Anthropic's servers that is deleted when the session ends. Your folders stay on your computer, and Claude fetches a copy of a file only when a task needs it. Local files, local connectors, browser use and computer use still need the desktop app open.",{"q":2797,"a":2798},"What are Claude Cowork plugins?","A plugin is a bundle of skills, connectors (MCP servers), slash commands and sub-agents for one kind of work. Anthropic publishes open-source plugins for productivity, enterprise search, sales, finance, data, legal, marketing, customer support, product management and biology research, plus one for building your own. Install them under Customize, then Plugins. On Team and Enterprise, an owner can run a private plugin marketplace for the organization.",{"q":2800,"a":2801},"Is Claude Cowork safe for company data?","It can be, with configuration. Anthropic itself names the risks: prompt injection from documents and web pages, write and delete actions, data moving between connected apps, scheduled tasks that run unattended, and computer use without the usual permission checks. On Team and Enterprise, admins can turn Cowork off, keep it local, restrict connector tools to read-only and stream every action to a SIEM via OpenTelemetry.",{"q":2803,"a":2804},"Can Claude Cowork keep data in the EU?","Anthropic's Cowork documentation says nothing about EU data residency as of October 2026, and Claude's own plans offer no EU processing option. Companies that need EU processing usually reach Claude through a cloud provider's EU region or a gateway hosted in their own EU tenant.",{"q":2806,"a":2807},"How do I fix 'missing HCS services' in Claude Cowork on Windows?","The error means the Windows virtualization services the local Cowork environment needs are not running. Users report fixing it by enabling Virtual Machine Platform (and Hyper-V where available) in Windows Features and restarting, and in the vfpext case by also enabling the Containers optional feature. Anthropic has no official article on it. Tasks that run in the cloud do not use the local environment.",{},"\u002Fguides\u002Fai-tools\u002Fclaude-cowork","12 min read",{"title":1948,"description":2776},"guides\u002Fai-tools\u002Fclaude-cowork","-FVvuH_qA8SRpPBn84aUbWI1l-xjw68R4l7XZnNQcCk",[],1793742214314]