What is Claude for Government?
Claude for Government brings Anthropic's Claude AI to environments requiring the highest security authorization levels. It delivers the same frontier reasoning, writing, and analysis capabilities that power Claude—deployed inside a FedRAMP High–authorized environment with the security controls, compliance authorizations, and procurement pathways that government agencies and high-security public sector enterprises require. Claude for Government gives teams direct access to Claude's most capable models for drafting, research, analysis, and coding, while meeting the stringent data handling and auditability standards of federal and state government missions.
How do I access Claude for Government?
Claude for Government is available to U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies and qualifying public sector organizations. To learn more or get started, contact Anthropic's public sector Sales team.
Product differentiation between Claude for Government and Claude Enterprise
Claude for Government is built on the same foundation as Claude Enterprise but operates inside an isolated, dedicated FedRAMP boundary that provides additional compliance and security guarantees:
FedRAMP High authorization. Claude for Government operates under a FedRAMP High Authorization to Operate, meeting stringent federal security control baselines. Claude Enterprise operates on Anthropic's commercial infrastructure.
Dedicated government environment. Claude for Government is logically isolated from commercial tenants and hosted through Anthropic's government-authorized partner infrastructure. This supports agency data residency and boundary requirements.
Classification banner support. Claude for Government includes classification banner display at the application level for environments that require it—not available on the commercial Enterprise plan.
Feature availability. Core Enterprise features—projects (500K context), artifacts, integrations, audit logs, admin controls—are available in Claude for Government. New features are often available in Claude for Government shortly following their launch in the enterprise environment. In some cases, however, new features may either require additional compliance review or may not be supported in Claude for Government.
Which product is right for you?
Choose Claude for Government if your agency requires FedRAMP-High authorization, handles CUI or sensitive data, or has compliance requirements that mandate an authorized cloud environment. This is the recommended choice for most federal civilian deployments.
Choose Claude Enterprise if your use case involves only publicly available information, you need access to the latest commercial features immediately, or compliance requirements permit commercial cloud infrastructure.
Compliance and certifications
FedRAMP High
Claude for Government is authorized at the FedRAMP High impact level. The authorization is held through Palantir Federal Cloud Service – Supporting Services (PFCS-SS), with independent assessment performed by Schellman Compliance, LLC.
Where to find compliance documentation
Agencies can access compliance documentation through Anthropic's Trust Center. Instructions for requesting the full Claude for Government ATO package are available on request from your public sector contact.
Data handling
Claude for Government is designed to give agencies control over their data.
By default, conversations and uploaded content in Claude for Government are not used to train Anthropic's models.
Encryption is applied in transit (TLS) and at rest.
A detailed Data Control, Visibility, and Retention overview is available and can be tailored to your agency's specific configuration.
Pricing and how to purchase
There are two ways to procure Claude for Government, directly via Anthropic’s Sales team and via Carahsoft for customers requiring services via a GSA approved vehicle.
Claude for Government is licensed on an annual, per-seat basis. A limited-time program currently makes Claude for Government available to federal agencies at $1 per agency (unlimited seats) through August 2026.
Contact the public sector Sales team for current pricing for state, local, and non-federal public sector customers.