Anthropic brings full Claude API access to AWS customers
Anthropic has made its full Claude Platform, including Claude Managed Agents and various AI tools like Code Execution and Web Search, generally available to AWS customers. This offering allows access to native Claude API features and day-one feature parity, with authentication via AWS IAM and billing through AWS, distinct from Claude on Amazon Bedrock which keeps AWS as the data processor.
Key Takeaways
- Claude Platform on AWS is now generally available for AWS customers.
- The offering includes Claude Managed Agents, code execution, web search, web fetch, Files API, Skills, MCP connector, prompt caching, citations, and batch processing.
- Authentication runs through AWS IAM, audit logging through CloudTrail, and billing through a single AWS invoice that retires against existing commitments.
- Claude Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, and Haiku 4.5 are available on the AWS version, with new models added as they launch.
- Anthropic says Claude Platform on AWS differs from Claude on Amazon Bedrock, which keeps AWS as the data processor and operates within the AWS boundary.
Why It Matters
Anthropic is giving AWS customers direct access to the full Claude Platform, not just a Bedrock-hosted version. That means native API features, same-day feature parity, and AWS-native auth, logging, and billing inside the workflow teams already use. The split with Bedrock is important because the two paths now serve different requirements: full platform access versus AWS-bound data processing for stricter residency needs. What to watch next is how quickly customers adopt the AWS route in regions where it is available, since Anthropic says it will roll out in most AWS commercial regions and support global and U.S. inference geographies.
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