Using Claude Code with your Team or Enterprise plan | Claude Help Center

What is Claude Code?

Claude Code is a command line tool that gives you access to Claude models directly in your terminal, 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:

How to 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 Purchasing and managing seats on Enterprise plans for details.

Step 2: Download and install Claude Code

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:

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. 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 extra usage to allow team members to continue working with Claude and Claude Code after reaching their included usage limits. See Extra usage for Team and seat-based Enterprise plans for more information.