Use Claude Code with your Team or Enterprise plan (original) (raw)

This article applies to members of Team or Enterprise plan organizations using their subscription plans to access Claude Code. If you’re an individual consumer using a Pro or Max plan subscription, see Use Claude Code with your Pro or Max plan.

What is Claude Code?

Claude Code is a coding tool that gives you access to Claude models directly in your terminal or supported IDE, allowing you to delegate complex coding tasks while maintaining transparency and control.

With a Team or Enterprise plan, you can access Claude on the web, desktop, and mobile apps, plus Claude Code in your terminal—all with one unified subscription.

Why use Claude and Claude Code?

Combine two powerful AI products in one unified subscription:

Connect Claude Code to your Team or Enterprise plan

Step 1: Confirm Claude Code access (Enterprise plans only)

If your organization is on a new or self-serve Enterprise plan, Claude Code is already included with every Enterprise seat—no additional purchase is needed. Proceed to Step 2.

If your organization is on an older Enterprise plan with Chat and Chat + Claude Code seats, or Standard and Premium seats, you'll need to ensure you have a seat type that includes Claude Code. Owners can purchase or reassign Chat + Claude Code / Premium seats in Organization settings > Organization. See Purchase and manage seats on Enterprise plans for details.

Step 2: Download and install Claude Code

Once you confirm you have access, follow the installation instructions in our Claude Code Docs for the environment you're using.

Step 3: Authenticate with the Team or Enterprise account

Having trouble using your Team or Enterprise account to access Claude Code?

If you're not seeing the option to authenticate with your preferred account, follow these steps to update Claude Code:

Use Claude Code in your IDE

Your seat also covers Claude Code in supported IDEs, including VS Code, Cursor and other VS Code forks, and JetBrains IDEs like IntelliJ and PyCharm. Log in with the same Team or Enterprise account you use in the terminal. IDE usage is limited and billed the same way as terminal usage on your plan.

To install and set up the extension for your IDE, see Platforms and integrations in our Claude Code Docs.

What happens when you hit usage limits

If your organization is on a usage-based Enterprise plan (including self-serve Enterprise), there are no per-seat usage limits—usage is based on consumption and billed at API rates. See How am I billed for my Enterprise plan? for details on how usage billing works.

If your organization is on a Team plan or a seat-based Enterprise plan, you can enable usage credits to allow team members to continue working with Claude, Cowork, and Claude Code after reaching their included usage limits. For more information, see Manage usage credits for Team and seat-based Enterprise plans.

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