Anthropic gives US government agencies a 40% discount on Claude

Anthropic announced an expanded agreement with the US General Services Administration that takes 40% off Claude Enterprise, Claude for Government and the Claude API. The discount applies across every product surface, including direct purchases and, Anthropic said, purchases through cloud providers “in the coming months”. It is offered through GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule under the OneGov programme, and agencies have no minimum spend commitment and pay only for what they use.

Eligibility extends beyond the federal government to state, local, tribal and territorial governments. Anthropic estimated the savings at about $1 billion for the government. These are Anthropic’s own figures.

The company also gave usage figures: about 500 US federal, state and local government organisations use Claude, weekly active users of Claude for Government are up about eightfold since February, and usage across federal civilian agencies has grown about twentyfold in a year.

The deal follows the structure OpenAI and GSA agreed in September under OneGov 2.0: a usage-based discount with no minimum order, available to state, local and tribal buyers as well as federal ones. The two vendors’ terms differ in form, since OpenAI’s cut its platform fee to $0 and halved token pricing, while Anthropic’s is a flat percentage discount. Anthropic’s relationship with the federal government in 2026 has also included friction, such as the White House blocking an expansion of access to its Mythos model.