This article introduces the concept of premium seats on Claude for Work (Team and Enterprise) plans and explains how to purchase premium seats on your plan, including upgrading existing standard seats and managing your seat allocation.
What are premium seats?
Premium seats provide enhanced capabilities for power users who need access to Claude Code and higher usage limits. Premium seats include everything in standard seats plus:
Access to Claude Code: Delegate entire coding tasks from concept to completion directly from your terminal.
More usage
Average Team plan users can send approximately 225 messages with Claude every five hours, and have weekly usage limits of 50-95 hours of Sonnet 4 usage and 3-7 hours of Opus 4 or 4.1 usage.
If you’re on an Enterprise plan and looking for more specific information about usage limits, please reach out to your Account Manager or our Sales team.
Read more about usage limits and Claude Code with premium seats: How do usage limits work?
If you’re interested in usage beyond your seat’s allotment, refer to this article: Extra Usage for Claude for Work (Team and Enterprise) Plans.
Premium seat pricing
Premium seats for Team plans
Monthly: $150 per month per member.
Annual: $150 per month per member (billed annually).
Premium seats for Enterprise plans
If you’re on an Enterprise plan and looking for more specific information about premium seat pricing, please reach out to your Account Manager or our Sales team.
You can also refer to our pricing page.
How to purchase new premium seats
Note: New seats are prorated based on your billing cycle and charged immediately.
For Team plans
Log in with your Owner or Primary Owner account.
Navigate to Settings > Members.
Click the “Add member” button.
In the Add new member modal that appears, enter the user’s email address and select the appropriate role.
Choose “Premium” from the Tier drop-down.
Click "Add member" to complete your purchase and send an invitation email to the user.
Alternatively, click “Bulk add” in the lower left and paste in the emails of the members you'd like to invite separated by commas or new lines.
Click "Add members” to complete your purchase and send invitation emails to the list of users.
For Enterprise plans
Log in with your Owner or Primary Owner account.
Navigate to Settings > Members.
In the Team overview, find your total seats on the right.
Click “Manage” under Total seats.
The Seat breakdown modal will show your organization’s number of claimed and unclaimed seats, both standard and premium – to adjust this, click “Add or change seats.”
In the Add or change seats modal, click the “+” to add the number of premium seats you want to purchase.
Click “Next” to review your purchase details and confirm the billing impact.
Check the box (“Click here to confirm…”) before continuing.
Click "Confirm & purchase" to complete the transaction.
Upgrade standard seats to premium seats (Team plans only)
Note: When you upgrade seats, you'll be charged immediately for the difference between standard and premium pricing, prorated for the remainder of your billing cycle.
Team plan Owners or Primary Owners can convert existing standard seats to premium seats at any time:
Log in with your Owner or Primary Owner account.
Navigate to Settings > Members.
In the Team overview, find your total seats on the right.
Click “Manage” under Total seats.
The Seat breakdown modal will show your organization’s number of claimed and unclaimed seats, both standard and premium – to adjust this, click “Add or change seats.”
In the Add or change seats modal, click the “-” to adjust your number of standard seats.
Click the “+” to add the same number of premium seats.
Click “Next” to review your purchase details and confirm the billing impact (you'll pay the difference between standard and premium pricing, prorated).
Check the box (“Click here to confirm…”) before continuing.
Click "Confirm & purchase" to complete the transaction.
Managing seat assignments
After purchasing premium seats, Admins and above can assign them to specific team members:
Go to Settings > Members.
Find the member you want to assign to a premium seat.
Click the drop-down under Seat Tier.
Select "Premium”
Members assigned to premium seats will automatically gain access to Claude Code and increased usage limits.
How to downgrade premium seats or reduce seat count
Important: Seat downgrades and reductions are only available on Team plans. Users on Enterprise plans cannot downgrade premium seats to standard seats or reduce their total seat allocation.
To downgrade premium seats to standard seats:
Log in to your Team organization as an Owner or Primary Owner.
Navigate to Settings > Members.
In the Team overview, find your total seats on the right.
Click “Manage” under Total seats.
The Seat breakdown modal will show your organization’s number of claimed and unclaimed seats, both standard and premium – to adjust this, click “Add or change seats.”
In the Add or change seats modal, click the “-” to adjust your number of premium seats.
Click the “+” to add the same number of standard seats.
Click “Next” to review your purchase details and confirm the billing impact.
Check the box (“Click here to confirm…”) before continuing.
Click "Confirm & purchase" to finish the downgrade.
To reduce your total number of seats:
Log in to your Team organization as an Owner or Primary Owner.
Navigate to Settings > Members.
Remove members from seats you no longer need by clicking the menu button on the right, then “Remove from team.”
Click “Manage” under Total seats.
Click “Add or change seats” in the Seat breakdown modal.
In the Add or change seats modal, click the “-” to reduce your number of standard or premium seats.
Click “Next” to review your purchase details and future recurring charges.
Check the box (“Click here to confirm…”) before continuing.
Click "Confirm & purchase" to finish the downgrade.
After confirming your downgrade or reduction, it will be scheduled for the end of your current billing cycle, so the changes will go into effect starting with your next payment. If you change your mind after scheduling the downgrade, you may cancel it from the Billing page. Note that making a seat upgrade while a downgrade is scheduled will automatically cancel that downgrade.
FAQs
Can I mix standard and premium seats in one organization?
Yes, you can have both standard and premium seats within the same organization and assign them to different team members based on their needs.
Can I adjust which members are assigned to standard and premium seats?
Yes, if you are an Admin or above, you can change standard and premium seat assignments by navigating to Settings > Members.
How quickly do premium seat features become available?
Claude Code access and increased usage limits are available immediately after premium seat assignment.
What happens if I remove a member with a premium seat?
The premium seat becomes available for assignment to another team member. You can also choose to downgrade it to a standard seat (Team plans only) or keep it as an available premium seat.