Anthropic is launching Claude Enterprise, a new AI chatbot plan for companies needing advanced admin controls and security. This offering directly competes with ChatGPT Enterprise, introduced by OpenAI last year.
Claude lets enterprise firms upload company data for analysis, Q&A, graphics, web pages, or as a custom AI assistant.
Anthropic is adding features to Claude that mirror ChatGPT’s business offerings.
The reality is that Claude has been usable for companies for a year. Candidly, we’ve had a product in the market for a lot less time. Anthropic product lead Scott White told TechCrunch that we’re responding to the needs of our customers in a high-velocity city with a smaller team.
In May, Anthropic launched Claude Team for small businesses. Since then, it has released mobile apps for iOS and Android. Now it is directly competing with ChatGPT Enterprise, which is widely used by Fortune 500 companies.
Claude Enterprise stands out with a 500,000 token context window, more than double that of ChatGPT Enterprise or the Claude Team Plan.
Claude Enterprise also provides collaborative workspaces, called projects and artifacts, where multiple users can upload and edit content. These features help businesses manage complex projects with various data sources and participants. Anthropic considers these workspaces a key competitive advantage.
Another competitive advantage is GitHub integration, which enables direct synchronization between Claude and the customer’s codebases. This feature, leveraged by engineering teams, streamlines onboarding, bug fixes, and feature development, distinguishing Claude from some enterprise AI tools.
Similar to ChatGPT’s Enterprise plan, Claude Enterprise allows businesses to assign a primary owner for their workspace. This owner can set different access levels for projects and data, and monitor system activity to ensure security and compliance.
Anthropic also says, as OpenAI does, that it does not train its models on Claude enterprise customer data. This is important for businesses that want to keep their trade secrets out of Claude or ChatGPT’s knowledge base in the future.
Anthropic has not shared the pricing for Claude Enterprise. White said it costs more than the $30 Team plan, but offers greater value. OpenAI also keeps its enterprise pricing private.
White says Anthropic has been working in a private beta for months with early adopters such as GitLab, Mid Journey, IG Group, and Menlo Ventures (an investor in Anthropic).
However, gaining expanded adoption will be key. AI model developers like Anthropic have come under pressure to sell API access at ever-lower prices. Products like Claude enterprise offerings can drive revenue to a similar extent; however, broad adoption is needed to offset the high insurance costs they entail. It’s not clear that any AI model developers are profiting from these business-specific plans just yet.
Source: Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise plan to compete with OpenAI
