Anthropic adds Claude Code to its Claude enterprise plans

Anthropic has bundled Claude Code, its agent-based command line interface (CLI) coding tool, into the enterprise plans for its generative AI chatbot Claude, in an effort to help streamline developer workflows as well as to take on rivals such as Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot.

“Enterprise and Team [plan] customers can now upgrade to premium seats that include more usage and Claude Code — bringing our app and powerful coding agent together under one subscription,” the company wrote in a blog post.

This bundling will allow developers to collaborate with Claude across the entire development lifecycle — from researching frameworks and evaluating architectures to generating production-ready code directly in their terminal, the company added.

Analysts see the bundling as a natural inflection point for AI-based offerings geared towards developers.

While Forrester VP and principal analyst Charlie Dai sees the bundle as a reaction to high demand from enterprise customers seeking integrated AI coding solutions, Everest Group senior analyst Oishi Mazumder sees the move as Anthropic’s strategy to gain traction inside enterprises as they begin to scale AI coding tools.

Granular controls

Anthropic said that enterprises now have granular controls to manage these premium seats, including the ability to buy and allocate new seats, buy extra capacity, and set spending limits for users from the Claude admin panel, and view Claude Code analytics, including metrics such as lines of code accepted, suggestion accept rate, and usage patterns, from within Claude.

Additionally, administrators can deploy and enforce settings across all Claude Code users to match internal policies, including tool permissions, file access restrictions, and MCP server configurations, the company said.

Analysts see these granular controls as a differentiator for Claude Code.

“Compared with GitHub Copilot’s integrated development environment (IDE) focus and Gemini CLI’s scale and openness, Anthropic’s Claude Code stands out for offering more granular controls such as SSO and role-based access. This positions Anthropic to appeal to enterprises that prioritize governance alongside coding productivity,” Mazumder said.

Better oversight

The bundling of Claude and Claude Code may give Anthropic a stronger value proposition compared to GitHub and Google Gemini, as it minimizes tool sprawl and simplifies oversight, Mazumder added.

Anthropic has also released a Compliance API to help enterprises conduct reviews of Claude usage data and customer content in real time.

“Administrators can integrate Claude data into existing compliance dashboards, automatically flag potential issues, and manage data retention through selective deletion capabilities,” the company wrote. “This provides the visibility and control organizations need to scale AI adoption while meeting regulatory obligations.”