Claude pricing in 2026: Free (limited), Pro ($20/month, best for individuals), Team ($25/user/month, best for SMEs 3-50 users), Enterprise (custom, 50+ users). API: pay-per-use from $0.25/million tokens (Haiku) to $15/million (Opus). For a typical 10-person SME team: $250/month total for Claude Team. ROI: 10-50x at minimal usage levels.
The plans explained
Claude Free
Access to a capable model with daily usage limits. Good for personal exploration, not sufficient for regular business use. No data privacy guarantees.
Claude Pro — $20/month
Full access to all Claude models including Opus. Higher usage limits, Claude Projects, extended thinking mode. Best for individual professionals. Opt-out available for training data use.
Claude Team — $25/user/month
Everything in Pro plus: contractual guarantee that data is not used for training, admin dashboard, higher usage limits, team billing. Best for SME teams of 3-50 people. This is the plan we recommend for most Italian SMEs.
Claude Enterprise — custom pricing
For organizations over 50 users: SSO, SCIM provisioning, custom data retention, dedicated support, SLA guarantees. Contact Anthropic for pricing.
Claude API — pay-per-use
For building applications: Haiku from $0.25/million input tokens, Sonnet from $3/million, Opus from $15/million. Costs vary widely by use case — a customer service agent might cost $50-200/month in API usage; a document analysis pipeline might cost $200-1,000/month.
Budget calculations for SMEs
For a 10-person SME team on Claude Team: $250/month (approximately 230 euros). If each person saves 5 hours per month (very conservative), and the average fully loaded hourly cost is 40 euros, the monthly savings are: 10 people x 5 hours x 40 euros = 2,000 euros. ROI: 770% per month.
If you want help calculating the specific ROI for your team, contact us.