Anthropic has started localizing Claude’s pricing in India, its biggest market outside the U.S., as global AI companies increasingly tailor their offerings to win users in the world’s most populous nation.
Local pricing has begun to appear for some users in India on Claude’s website and mobile apps
However, Anthropic has yet to enable payments via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India’s widely used instant payments network. Users still need to pay by card or through Apple and Google’s app store billing systems. This is unlike OpenAI, which rolled out Indian rupee pricing for ChatGPT in August with UPI support.
Claude users in India have long sought rupee-denominated subscriptions, with dollar pricing and currency conversion adding friction to accessing the service. The move is particularly significant, as India accounts for 5.8% of global Claude usage, making it the service’s second-largest market after the U.S., according to Anthropic. On Claude’s website in India, Anthropic is listing Claude Pro at ₹2,000 (about $21) a month when billed annually, compared with $17 a month in the U.S.