The plan
Claude Tag is not sold on its own. It requires a Claude Team or Enterprise plan, so that subscription is the entry ticket before anything else.
Claude Tag pricing
Claude Tag pricing, explained.
Claude Tag does not have a sticker price of its own. It rides on a Claude Team or Enterprise plan, plus the tokens it spends. Here is how that adds up.
The short version.
There is no standalone Claude Tag subscription. To run it you need a Claude Team or Enterprise plan, and on top of the per-seat cost you pay for the tokens it consumes as it works. That two-part shape - seats plus metered usage - is the thing to understand before you budget for it, because the autonomous, ambient work that makes Claude Tag useful is also what drives the usage.
The three numbers you add up.
There is no Claude Tag line item. A budget is really three numbers.
The seats
Team starts around $25 per seat per month with a five-seat minimum; Enterprise is custom-priced. That is the floor before Claude Tag does a minute of work.
The tokens
On top of seats, it consumes tokens as it reasons and acts. Admins cap that spend per channel and per organisation, because ambient, autonomous work runs without anyone watching it.
How the cost shapes up.
A quick way to read the model against a flat-rate tool like Beagle.
| Claude Tag | Beagle | |
|---|---|---|
| Plan required | Claude Team or Enterprise. | None. Free tier, or a $49/mo membership. |
| Seat price | From ~$25/seat/mo, five-seat minimum. | Free on one seat; no seat minimum. |
| Usage cost | Metered tokens, capped per channel and org. | Flat credits - 5,000/mo on the $49 plan. |
| Predictability | Varies with how much it works. | Same bill every month. |
| Availability | Beta, Team and Enterprise only. | Generally available to any team. |
The launch credits.
To soften the metered-usage side at launch, Anthropic put promotional credits behind Claude Tag. Eligible Claude Enterprise customers received $25,000 in credits, and qualifying Claude Team customers with at least ten paid seats received $2,500.
Those credits are a launch incentive, not a permanent discount, so treat them as runway for a pilot rather than a number to build a long-term budget on. Once they are spent, you are back to seats plus metered tokens.
How to estimate it honestly.
If you are sizing a Claude Tag budget, weigh these.
Count real seats, not test ones
The five-seat minimum on Team means the floor is the same whether two people use it or five. Map it to the people who will actually work with it.
Ambient mode costs more
An always-watching teammate spends more tokens than one that only answers when tagged. Budget the proactive channels higher and use caps to hold the line.
Pilot on the credits
Use the launch credits to learn your real per-channel spend, then set caps from that data before you roll it wider.
A lighter way to start.
If predictable cost matters more than squeezing every option out of a Team or Enterprise plan, Beagle is built the other way round: one flat price, a real free tier, and no metering to forecast.
Free to start, no card
1,000 credits on signup with nothing to enter. Try it on real work before you spend anything.
Flat $49 a month
Adds 5,000 credits every month, with one-time top-up packs when a busy month needs more. The same bill, not a usage forecast.
No plan, no minimum
No Team or Enterprise contract and no five-seat floor. One person can run Beagle in Slack or Teams from day one.
Common questions.
How much does Claude Tag cost?
There is no separate Claude Tag price. You pay for a Claude Team plan (from about $25 per seat per month, five-seat minimum) or an Enterprise plan, plus the tokens Claude Tag spends as it works, which admins cap per channel and per organisation.
Is Claude Tag free?
No. It is in beta for Claude Team and Enterprise customers only, so a paid plan is required. Anthropic offered launch credits ($25,000 for eligible Enterprise customers, $2,500 for Team customers with at least ten paid seats) but those are a one-time incentive.
Why does Claude Tag have token caps?
Because it can work autonomously and in ambient mode without being prompted, usage can climb. Per-channel and per-organisation spend caps let admins keep that metered cost predictable.
Is there a flat-rate alternative?
Beagle is free to start and then a flat $49 per month for 5,000 credits, with no per-seat plan, no seat minimum, and no metered token spend to forecast.
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