Home AI terms of service Anthropic Usage Policy Anthropic Usage Policy: Benchmark and Analysis Clause Does Anthropic Usage Policy restrict publishing benchmarks or competitive analysis? Our reading of the terms on Oct 18, 2026: no clause found . Our reading · Observed Last checked Oct 18, 2026 · Source · Methodology
How we got this number What we read: the official wording on www.anthropic.com/legal/aup Checked: Oct 18, 2026 ; tracked since Oct 16, 2026Shown in: the United StatesChecks so far: 3 checks since Oct 16, 2026What changed: no change since Oct 16, 2026 Page updated: Oct 17, 2026 Other measured facts Question Answer Checked Status Does Anthropic prohibit automated access or scraping of its web app, according to its Usage Policy? No clause found Oct 18, 2026 Observed Does Anthropic use customer inputs to train models (by plan), according to its Usage Policy? No clause found Oct 18, 2026 Observed Does the Anthropic free tier allow commercial use, according to its Usage Policy? No clause found Oct 18, 2026 Observed When was the Anthropic Usage Policy last updated? No last-updated date; the document takes effect on 2026-11-12 Oct 18, 2026 Observed
History Same value in all 3 checks since Oct 16, 2026.
Record history — 15 records for 5 questions Last record Oct 18, 2026 Shown in the United States Does Anthropic Usage Policy restrict publishing benchmarks or competitive analysis? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 17, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 16, 2026 No clause found Observed
Does Anthropic prohibit automated access or scraping of its web app, according to its Usage Policy? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 17, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 16, 2026 No clause found Observed
Does Anthropic use customer inputs to train models (by plan), according to its Usage Policy? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 17, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 16, 2026 No clause found Observed
Does the Anthropic free tier allow commercial use, according to its Usage Policy? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 17, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 16, 2026 No clause found Observed
When was the Anthropic Usage Policy last updated? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 No last-updated date; the document takes effect on 2026-11-12 Observed Oct 17, 2026 No last-updated date; the document takes effect on 2026-11-12 Observed Oct 16, 2026 No last-updated date; the document takes effect on 2026-11-12 Observed