How much does Claude cost in Australia?
A$34 a month for Pro, A$170 or A$340 for Max, and A$34 to A$43 a seat for a team, with GST included, as Anthropic shows its prices to an Australian visitor. What each plan changes for a business, what comes with a paid plan at no extra cost, and what it costs to have Claude set up properly.
- Pro
- A$34 a month, A$28 yearly
- Max
- A$170 or A$340 a month
- Team
- A$34–43 a seat a month
- Team Premium
- A$170–213 a seat a month
- Enterprise
- US$20 a seat, plus usage
- GST
- included in these prices
- Price
- see our own price list
Anthropic's prices for Australia, read on 22 October 2026.
Australia · 2026A$34 a month for one person, about A$34 to A$43 a seat for a business.
Claude Pro costs A$34 a month in Australia, or A$340 a year, about A$28 a month, and the prices Anthropic shows an Australian visitor include 10% GST. Max costs A$170 or A$340 a month for five or twenty times Pro's usage, billed monthly only.
For a business, Team is the plan that changes the terms: A$43 a seat a month, or A$34 billed yearly, for two to 150 people, with Premium seats at A$213, or A$170 yearly, for the heaviest users. On Team and Enterprise your chats are not used to train Anthropic's models by default; on Free, Pro and Max that depends on a setting.
Enterprise is US$20 a seat a month billed yearly, from 20 seats, plus every token at API rates, and it is priced in US dollars.
The parts people expect to pay extra for are included. Claude for Small Business, 43 ready-made workflows that work inside Xero, MYOB, Square, Shopify and other tools, comes with every paid plan, and so do the directory's connectors and Cowork, the Claude desktop agent.
What costs money is the setting up: the right plan, connectors with the right permissions, instructions that teach Claude your business, and a team that knows how to use it. Australian providers publish A$450 to A$1,500 plus GST for one session; we start at $1,500, and a custom connector for software that has none is typically $3,000 to $8,000.
What each plan costs, and who it suits.
Anthropic's prices as its pricing page shows them to an Australian visitor on 22 October 2026, in Australian dollars with 10% GST included. Enterprise is the exception, priced in US dollars.
| Per month | What it adds | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Per month $0 Free | What it adds Chat on the web, desktop and phone, web search, files, code, connectors and one custom connector, at the lowest usage limit. | Who it suits Trying Claude out. Not for business data until you have checked the training setting. |
| Per month A$34 Pro · A$28 billed yearly | What it adds At least five times Free's usage per session, Claude Code, Cowork, projects, scheduled tasks, and Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365. | Who it suits One person using it every day. |
| Per month A$170 Max 5x · billed monthly | What it adds Five times Pro's usage, priority at busy times and US$100 a month of API credits. | Who it suits One heavy user, such as someone running long agent tasks or Claude Code all day. |
| Per month A$340 Max 20x · billed monthly | What it adds Twenty times Pro's usage and US$200 a month of API credits. | Who it suits The heaviest individual users. |
| Per month A$43 a seat Team Standard · A$34 billed yearly Most businesses | What it adds Two to 150 people, central billing, single sign-on, admin control of connectors, skills shared across the business, and no training on your content by default. | Who it suits Any business with more than one person using it. |
| Per month A$213 a seat Team Premium · A$170 billed yearly | What it adds Five times a Standard seat's usage, mixed with Standard seats in the same account. | Who it suits The two or three people who use it all day. |
| Per month US$20 a seat Enterprise · plus usage at API rates | What it adds Billed yearly from 20 seats, every token charged on top, with audit logs, role-based access, custom data retention and spend limits. | Who it suits Larger or regulated organisations. |
What changes from plan to plan.
The rows that matter to a business, from Anthropic's pricing page and help centre on 22 October 2026.
| Feature | Free | Pro | Max | Team | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usage per five-hour session | Free lowest | Pro 5x Free or more | Max 5x or 20x Pro | Team above Pro, Premium 5x | Enterprise billed per token |
| Cowork and Claude Code | Free no | Pro yes | Max yes | Team yes | Enterprise yes |
| Claude for Small Business 43 workflows | Free no | Pro yes | Max yes | Team yes | Enterprise yes |
| Custom connectors your own MCP server | Free one | Pro yes | Max yes | Team owners add them | Enterprise admins add them |
| Skills for everyone set once by the owner | Free no | Pro no | Max no | Team yes | Enterprise yes |
| Single sign-on | Free no | Pro no | Max no | Team yes | Enterprise yes |
| Your chats train models | Free a setting | Pro a setting | Max a setting | Team not by default | Enterprise not by default |
| Audit logs and retention rules | Free no | Pro no | Max no | Team no | Enterprise yes |
What it costs to have Claude set up properly.
The plan is a monthly bill. Making it useful is a one-off job, and this is what Australian providers publish for it.
| Once, ex GST | What that buys | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Once, ex GST $0 Doing it yourself | What that buys Anthropic's free courses and help centre, the directory's connectors, and an afternoon reading the permission screens. | Who it suits Sole traders who are comfortable with settings pages. |
| Once, ex GST A$450–1,500 A one-session set-up | What that buys The plan, the standard connectors and ready-made skills switched on, approvals set, and a walkthrough on the call. | Who it suits Small teams on standard tools such as Xero, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. |
| Once, ex GST from A$3,500 Set-up and a team workshop | What that buys The same, plus half a day training each team on its own work. | Who it suits Businesses rolling it out to ten or more people. |
| Once, ex GST from $1,500 Connected and taught your business Ours | What that buys Connectors with the permissions each one needs, instructions written for your business and its rules, tested on real tasks, and bug fixes for 12 months. | Who it suits Teams that want Claude doing work in their systems, not only writing. |
| Once, ex GST $3,000–8,000 A custom connector Ours | What that buys For software that has no connector, such as an in-house system or an Australian tool missing from the directory, built and hosted for you. | Who it suits Businesses whose key system is not in the directory. |
Five people on Claude for a year.
A five-person office on Xero and Google Workspace moves from personal ChatGPT and Claude accounts to one business account, so the chats stay out of model training and the owner controls what is connected.
Everyone gets a Team Standard seat billed yearly, the Xero and Google connectors and Claude for Small Business are switched on, and the instructions are written once for the whole office.
- Team
- Five people, one business account
- Plan
- Team, Standard seats, billed yearly
- Tools
- Xero, Google Workspace
- Set up by
- us, at our starting price
- Claude Team five Standard seats at A$408 a year each
- A$2,040
- Set-up connectors, permissions, instructions, walkthrough
- A$1,650
- Year one GST included
- A$3,690
Then, each year
- Claude Team five seats, billed yearly
- A$2,040
- Claude for Small Business comes with the plan
- $0
- Xero and Google connectors from the directory
- $0
Billed monthly instead, the same five seats cost A$2,580 a year.
A worked example from Anthropic's prices for Australia on 22 October 2026 and our own price list, not a client's invoice. GST included throughout.
Incl. GSTWho sets up Claude for businesses in Australia, and what to ask them.
- 01
Which plan, and why not a cheaper one.
Team for any business with staff. It is the plan where chats stay out of training by default and the owner controls the connectors.
- 02
Who owns the account.
Your business, on your card, with you as the owner. Whoever installs it should be a member you can remove.
- 03
What each connector may change.
Read-only first, then a written list of what Claude may change in Xero, the CRM or the inbox, and what waits for approval.
- 04
What the instructions cover, and who keeps them current.
A skill that knows your business and is updated when your systems change, not a page of prompts handed over once.
- 05
Where the data goes.
Anthropic is a US company. Under Australian Privacy Principle 8 you answer for personal information you send overseas, so ask what goes where.
- 06
We do.
Croissant & Baguette is a small studio with a network of Australian specialists. We connect Claude to the software a business already runs, write the instructions that teach it the business, and build a connector where none exists, as we have for an online store and a buyer's agent.
Built in Australia, never offshored.
What we charge.
- Automation Opportunity Assessment one meeting · a written proposal, priced
- free
- Automation build one process end to end, or an AI app · 12 months of bug fixes
- from $8,000 typically $10–30k
- Claude & ChatGPT connector your own Claude or ChatGPT, connected to your software
- from $1,500 custom connectors typically $3–8k
- Managed monitoring, fixes, monthly report · changes quoted
- from $250/month
What moves a set-up within those ranges:
- how many tools you connect, and whether each already has a connector
- how much of your business the instructions have to cover
- what Claude may change on its own, and what waits for approval
- how many people, and how many teams with different jobs
- a custom connector for software that has none
Why the set-up costs more than a month of Claude
Because the plan is the cheap part. A Team seat costs less each month than an hour of an admin's time. What makes it useful is connecting it to the business with the right permissions and teaching it how you work, and that is either done once, properly, or redone every week by whoever is using it.
Indicative. Fixed price after the free assessment. Claude's subscription is paid to Anthropic, not to us.
How much is Claude Pro in AUD?
A$34 a month, or A$340 a year, which works out at about A$28 a month, as Anthropic's pricing page showed it to an Australian visitor on 22 October 2026, with GST included. Bought inside the iPhone app, Apple charges A$30 a month instead. Pro gives at least five times the Free plan's usage per session and adds Claude Code, Cowork and projects.
Is Claude available in Australia?
Yes. Australia is on Anthropic's list of supported countries, and its prices are shown to Australian visitors in Australian dollars with GST included. Anthropic opened a Sydney office in April 2026. Your data is still processed overseas: Anthropic's own options are the United States or global. A business that needs it kept in Australia can use Claude through Amazon Bedrock, which can keep it between Sydney and Melbourne.
Does Claude charge GST in Australia?
Yes, the Australian prices include 10% GST. Anthropic's billing settings have an optional tax ID field, but its help centre does not say whether entering an ABN removes the GST, and a GST-registered Anthropic Australia Pty Ltd has existed since December 2025. Check which company your invoice comes from, and ask your accountant how to treat it before you claim the GST back.
What is the difference between Claude Team Premium and Max?
Who it is for. Max is a personal plan at A$170 or A$340 a month, with five or twenty times Pro's usage. A Team Premium seat costs A$213 a month, or A$170 billed yearly, gives five times a Standard seat's usage, and sits inside a business account with single sign-on, admin control of connectors and no training on your content by default.
Does the Claude Team plan have SSO?
Yes. Single sign-on comes with Team, along with central billing, admin control of remote and local connectors, skills shared across the organisation and no model training on your content by default. Enterprise adds what larger organisations need on top: user provisioning through SCIM, audit logs, role-based access, IP allowlisting, custom data retention and spending limits per person and per organisation.
Is Claude for Small Business free?
It costs nothing on top of a paid plan. Anthropic says it is available on every paid Claude plan and recommends Team for a business with more than one person. Expanded on 15 September 2026, it holds 43 ready-made workflows, such as closing the month or paying the bills, that work inside connected tools including Xero, MYOB, Square, Stripe and Shopify and start in approval mode.
Does Claude use my business data for training?
Not on Team or Enterprise: Anthropic's commercial terms say it may not train models on customer content, unless you join its development partner programme. On Free, Pro and Max a Model Improvement setting decides, and Anthropic's pricing table lists training there as opt-out. If you allow it, de-identified chats may be kept for up to five years; if not, deleted chats go within 30 days.
Is Claude Team cheaper than ChatGPT Business?
About the same. ChatGPT Business is US$25 a seat a month, or US$20 billed yearly, and OpenAI's Australian page shows A$28; Claude Team Standard is A$43, or A$34 yearly, with GST included. Both start at two seats and keep business data out of training by default. Microsoft 365 Copilot Business is A$31.40 a seat a month paid yearly, plus GST, on top of a Microsoft 365 plan.
Can Claude connect to Xero and MYOB?
Yes. Both publish official connectors in Claude's directory, Xero since April 2026 and MYOB since July 2026, at no extra cost from Anthropic. What they can read and change, and how to connect them without risking your books, is in our guide to Claude, ChatGPT and Xero.
Sources
Read on 22 October 2026. Anthropic's prices were read from Australia, as its pricing page shows them to an Australian visitor.
- 01 Claude plans and pricing Anthropic · every plan, GST included for Australia
- 02 What is the Team plan? Claude Help Center · two to 150 seats
- 03 What is the Max plan? Claude Help Center · monthly only
- 04 What is the Enterprise plan? Claude Help Center · seats plus usage at API rates
- 05 Claude for Small Business Anthropic · 13 May 2026
- 06 Claude for Small Business, new workflows and integrations Anthropic · 15 September 2026, every paid plan
- 07 Get started with custom connectors using remote MCP Claude Help Center · plans and who can add them
- 08 Is my data used for model training? Anthropic Privacy Center · consumer plans
- 09 How do you use personal data in model training? Anthropic Privacy Center · Team and Enterprise
- 10 Add or update your tax or VAT ID Claude Help Center · the tax ID field
- 11 Data residency Claude Platform docs · United States or global
- 12 Anthropic's fourth office in Asia-Pacific, Sydney Anthropic · 10 March 2026
- 13 ChatGPT Business pricing OpenAI · read from Australia
- 14 Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Microsoft Australia · prices exclude GST
- 15 Australian businesses importing services ATO · GST on services from overseas suppliers
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