Accenture set a $29 monthly Claude allowance per worker. Some consultants spent $1,000.
From 1 October, Accenture centrally funds $29 a month per person for Claude, the AI model from Anthropic.
Use above that must be charged to a project or team budget, according to an internal memo reported by 24/7 Wall St. and first by 404 Media.
One consultant building AI for several clients said use of Claude Code, Anthropic's coding tool, ran between $500 and $1,000 a month. The memo also says a project billing code and a licence do not guarantee ongoing access.
Accenture told Forbes that reports of a firm monthly limit on AI tools are incorrect. It said the $29 figure showed one part of its funding approach. A spokesperson described the aim as "the right tool for the right work."
A consultant spending $1,000 uses about 34 times the $29 allowance, leaving a project or team budget to cover the other $971. Accenture has about 814,000 employees and did not say how many use Claude this way.
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For your next steering committee
- 1Ask which AI tools already touch your ERP or finance data, including the ones nobody approved.
- 2Ask what each tool is allowed to change, and who reviews what it changed.
- 3Ask how the result is measured, and who decides to switch a tool off.
Issue 01 of the ERP LEADERS brief puts a timeline, the three-number review and six questions on one page. Read issue 01
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