The news | Projects can carry consistent cost tags

On November 6, 2026, Anthropic announced project cost tags in beta for Claude Enterprise. Claude is an AI assistant for conversations, material processing, and work tasks. Organizations can now tag projects consistently and view related usage spending by tag. Tags describe which work costs belong to; they do not impose a budget cap. Release notes

Why it helps | Agree on departments before the work begins

Suppose a company wants to separate training projects from customer-support projects. An organization owner can create a cost_code tag with preset values training and support, and project editors select the appropriate value. Spending can then be viewed using the same classification.

Tags take about two hours to apply and do not attribute earlier spending retroactively. Moving a project from training to support later does not rewrite its previous attribution. Reporting is current through the end of the preceding UTC day, so a just-completed task cannot verify a real-time bill. Attribution and timing

How to use it | Create tags, apply them, and inspect the report

This is for eligible Enterprise organizations. Configurations including HIPAA, CMEK, zero or minimal data retention, and data storage outside the US are not currently supported. Tag-based spending does not cover every Claude product, and usage included in seats is not counted as spending here. The following example uses chats inside projects.

  1. Have an organization owner create a tag. Open Organization settings → Organization → Project tags, click Create tag, and enter a lowercase name without spaces. The name cannot be changed afterward. Choose preset values, enter the two department codes, and continue.
  2. Have a project editor select a value. Under the project’s Tags, click Add tag and choose the tag and value. Tags and values are visible to organization users, so use work classifications.
  3. Wait for the tag to apply before doing the work. Process material in the project. New projects can require tags according to organization settings.
  4. Inspect spending using that tag. An owner or custom role with the appropriate permission opens Organization settings → Usage → Spend by project, chooses the tag in Group by, and filters by date and product. Export a CSV to hand the data to a colleague. Setup and reporting