Anthropic and GSA expand OneGov deal: 40% off Claude for federal, state and local governments

Anthropic and the US General Services Administration (GSA) announced on October 27 an expanded OneGov agreement that discounts Claude by 40% for government buyers. The offer covers token-based usage of Claude Enterprise, Claude for Government and the Claude API, which Anthropic says is the first time a discount has applied to all of its product surfaces at once.

What the agreement covers

The discount is available through GSA's Multiple Award Schedule. Federal agencies across the executive, legislative and judicial branches can use it, and so, for the first time, can state, local and tribal governments; Anthropic's announcement also lists territorial governments. There is no minimum order: buyers pay only for the tokens they consume. Anthropic says purchases can be made directly now, with cloud providers to follow in the coming months.

The company estimates the discount will save the government $1 billion. According to The Next Web, which cites a GSA web listing reported by Nextgov, the term runs 27 months, until January 31, 2029. GSA's release says the pricing applies in FedRAMP-authorized environments for sensitive but unclassified work. Anthropic states that Claude for Government holds a FedRAMP High authorization, while Claude Enterprise is still pursuing FedRAMP Moderate through the FedRAMP 20x programme.

From a $1 offer to usage-based pricing

The agreement replaces Anthropic's first OneGov deal, struck in August 2025, which gave federal agencies Claude for a nominal $1. Nextgov reported in September that this offer had been extended by one month, to October 31, 2026. The move from a symbolic flat fee to discounted metered pricing mirrors OpenAI's own GSA arrangement, which The Next Web says offers 50% off token-based usage over a similar 27-month term.

Anthropic also published adoption figures: about 500 US federal, state and local organisations use Claude, and weekly active users of Claude for Government have grown roughly eightfold since February. It cites a Utah pilot in which 34 developers across 10 state agencies used Claude Code, with 71% reporting savings of 20 hours or more over four weeks. These figures come from the company and have not been independently verified.

What to watch

Metered pricing shifts the budget question for agencies from licence counts to consumption, which can be harder to forecast. Anthropic says it will launch a programme to help agencies implement Claude in the coming weeks. GSA, for its part, says its OneGov strategy has produced more than $1.8 billion in savings overall. The Next Web notes that the deal landed the same week Anthropic filed for an initial public offering.