> I learned today that the Anthropic "Enterprise" plan - the one big companies use because they need governance features and audit logs and all of that jazz - is billed at API token rates (plus $20/seat/month).

Can large enterprises just not use the API ? I have audit logs and what seem to be enterprise features through my anthropic account (platform.claude.ai)

They can do that, but I expect they see individual user accounts and enterprise account management and easy rollout of Claude.ai/Cowork/Claude Code/etc as worth an extra $20/month/person.

The devs can, sure. The "enterprise plan" is more for that + giving Claude to all the non-technical employees for access to the chatbot + Cowork. Plus SSO and all that jazz.