Anthropic adds a tiered Services Track and daily-refreshed Partner Hub to the Claude Partner Network
Anthropic's new three-tier Services Track and Partner Hub give enterprises a credentialed way to find qualified Claude implementation partners.
Anthropic has updated the Claude Partner Network with two significant additions: a tiered Services Track that formally grades implementation partners by what they have actually built and delivered, and a Claude Partner Hub — a self-service portal refreshed daily that both partners and prospective customers can use to check standing and find qualified help.
If your organisation is looking for a firm to help you deploy Claude, or if you work at a consultancy building a Claude practice, this update changes how you will evaluate and position that work.
The three-tier Services Track
The Services Track has three levels, each with published, measurable requirements.
Select is the entry point for credentialed partners. To qualify, a firm needs at least 10 active certified individuals, at least 2 joint customers deployed in production in the trailing 12 months, and at least 1 public customer story.
Preferred is for firms with a deeper practice. The bar here is at least 100 active certified individuals, 15 deployed joint customers, and 3 public customer references.
Global Premier is the top tier, reserved for firms running Claude practices at genuine scale: 1,000 or more active certified individuals, 100 or more deployed joint customers across three or more regions, 15 public customer stories, and a joint business plan with named executive sponsors on both sides.
One design choice worth noting: the requirements are identical regardless of firm size. A ten-person AI-native shop and a global consultancy are measured against the same numbers. Smaller firms cannot get a discount on the requirements, but they can reach Select or even Preferred well before they reach global scale if they focus their practice tightly. Firms that specialise in getting customers live on Claude can qualify early.
Promotions are processed twice a year, on 1 January and 1 July, with an additional review on 1 October 2026 in this first year. If a firm drops below its tier’s requirements, demotion only happens at the annual 31 December review, after 90 days’ notice and a window to close the gap.
The Partner Hub
The Claude Partner Hub is a daily-refreshed dashboard where partners can track their own standing against the published requirements. It shows revenue, contract value, certified headcount, referrals, and commissions — everything a firm needs to know where it sits and what it needs to do next.
It is also a public directory. Enterprises looking for a Claude implementation partner can browse the Hub, see each firm’s tier, their certified practitioner count, their production deployments, and their public references. That last point matters: the credential is verifiable rather than self-reported, which simplifies vendor selection considerably.
The MCP connector
Partners can connect the Hub directly to Claude via a new MCP connector. Once connected, a partner can ask Claude questions like “how many of our consultants currently hold an active certification?” or “where do we stand against the Preferred requirements?” and get an answer from live Hub data, inside Claude. Deal registration status is also queryable this way. It is a small but practical detail: the information that matters to a partner’s business development team becomes accessible without logging into a separate portal.
What does this mean for you?
If you are evaluating Claude implementation partners, the Hub is now the most useful starting point. Rather than relying on a firm’s own claims about their Claude expertise, you can look up their tier, see how many certified practitioners they have, and check whether they have production deployments and customer references in your sector. The public directory is at claude.com/partners.
If you work at a consultancy or systems integrator, this program creates a clear progression to build toward. The requirements are public and specific, so you can make a credible investment case internally: here is what we need to reach Preferred, here is the timeline, here is what it unlocks. The fact that practice-building and referral revenue are tracked separately also matters — you are not forced to choose between growing your own team’s depth and sending new business to Anthropic. Both are rewarded, on separate tracks.
If you are a smaller or niche firm, the size-neutral requirements mean the program is genuinely open to you. A boutique firm with a tightly focused Claude practice can reach Select faster than a large generalist that has only deployed Claude in a handful of engagements.
Getting started is free. New applicants begin at the Registered level and get access to Anthropic Partner Academy, including certification exams, with tiered partners receiving discounted rates on their first attempt.
Why Anthropic is doing this now
The Claude Partner Network launched in March 2026 with a $100 million commitment to partner training, technical support, and co-marketing. More than 40,000 firms applied, and more than 10,000 consultants have earned a Claude certification since then. The large numbers are good news, but they also create a problem: without a way to distinguish firms by what they have actually delivered, the credential risks meaning very little.
The Services Track is the answer to that problem. It creates a hierarchy based on demonstrated work rather than self-certification.
There is also a broader commercial rationale. Accenture is training 30,000 professionals on Claude. Cognizant has rolled it out to around 350,000 associates. Deloitte is making it available to 470,000 people across its global network. KPMG is integrating it across more than 276,000. The professional services industry has already made a significant bet on Claude, and Anthropic is building the infrastructure to make that bet legible to enterprise buyers.
Anthropic also filed confidentially for an IPO earlier this week. Steve Corfield, Anthropic’s head of global business development and partnerships, told the Wall Street Journal the program helps “demonstrate to the market that we’re thinking about scale.” Karl Kadon, Anthropic’s global head of partner experience, was more direct: “It would be our responsibility as a public company to show up to shareholders, and to the world, with an ecosystem that we can stand behind that is high-integrity.”
A credentialed, auditable partner ecosystem makes that case. The Services Track is how Anthropic builds it.