Claude Models on Google Cloud (Anthropic managed) is now generally available, giving Google Cloud customers the full set of Claude Platform features, with Google Cloud IAM credentials, billing, and commitment retirement. Claude also remains available via the Google managed offering, where Google is the data processor.

Access the complete Claude Platform on Google Cloud

With the Anthropic managed offering, Google Cloud customers now receive the full set of Claude API features, with new features and betas shipping the same day they go live on the native Claude Platform.

The Anthropic managed offering works with existing Google Cloud IAM credentials, so teams can stay within the tools and permissions they already manage. Billing is through a single Google Cloud invoice and Claude usage draws down your existing Google Cloud commitment.

Claude Models on Google Cloud (Anthropic managed) is currently available with US and Global endpoints.

“With the Anthropic managed offering, we get the native Claude API with Google Cloud as the access layer. Accessing new features on day one is important. We build AI agents and assistants for Enterprises, and need to bring new Claude capabilities into our product quickly. Using our existing IAM set-up and knowing usage counts towards our Google Cloud commitment made it an easy decision for our team.”

“Moby, our AI harness for ecommerce brands, runs on Claude. With the Anthropic managed offering, we run Moby on Google Cloud on the same Claude API our team already builds on. Prompt caching is central to how we run Moby cost-effectively at scale, and we’ve kept it while running billing and access through Google Cloud.”

What’s included

Google Cloud customers using the Anthropic managed offering get the full set of Claude Platform features, so they can:

Build and deploy agents with:

• Claude Managed Agents (beta) to power long-running agents, without managing infrastructure
• Code execution to run Python code, create visualizations, and analyze data within an API call
• Computer use to allow Claude to operate a browser or desktop to complete tasks
• Agent skills to teach Claude repeatable workflows so it delivers consistent results
• Advisor strategy (beta) to give agents an intelligence boost by consulting an advisor model

Connect to systems and knowledge with:

• Files API for uploading and referencing documents across conversations
• Citations for grounding responses in source documents
• Web search and web fetch to augment Claude’s knowledge with current, real-world data from across the web
• MCP connector (beta) to connect Claude to other tools without writing client code

Manage cost and performance with:

• Prompt caching for reducing costs and latency on repeated context
• Batch processing for high-volume, asynchronous workloads

Fast Mode on Claude Opus 5.5 is also generally available for customers using Claude Models on Google Cloud (Anthropic managed). Fast mode prioritizes speed, offering up to 2.5x faster output token generation, for rapid iteration, live debugging, and interactive agents where output speed results in a better user experience. Input and output tokens are $8 and $40 per million.

See the full list of features available on Claude Models on Google Cloud in our documentation.

Customers using the Anthropic managed offering also get access to the Claude Console, Anthropic’s development environment for observing and managing agents with Claude. The Console includes tools to write prompts and configure agents, run them on hosted environments, monitor usage and costs, and manage access and security per workspace.

Claude Fable 5.1, Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5, and Haiku 5.5 are available, with new models shipping on the Anthropic managed offering as they launch.

Two paths to build with Claude

There are two ways to build with Claude on Google Cloud.

Claude Models on Google Cloud (Anthropic managed) is built for customers who want day zero access to all beta and generally available Claude Platform features. It’s best for customers who want full Claude Platform feature parity, accessed through Google Cloud. Anthropic operates the service and acts as the data processor.

Claude Models on Google Cloud (Google managed) remains the best choice for customers who need Google Cloud as the data processor, have strict regional data residency requirements, or want native Google Cloud integrations like Model Armor or Agent Engine.

Get started

The Anthropic managed offering is generally available today. To get started, open Claude Models on Google Cloud (Anthropic managed) or explore the documentation.

If you have an existing discount, please contact your Anthropic or Google Cloud account executive before getting started with the Anthropic managed offering, to ensure your discounts are applied correctly. Discounts cannot be applied retroactively to usage.