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An org has an existing AWS Enterprise Discount Program (EDP) deal. They are choosing between a direct Anthropic committed-spend agreement and Bedrock for new Claude workloads. What should they check first?

• Whether Bedrock supports the specific Claude model they need
• Whether Bedrock usage counts against their AWS EDP committed spend
• Whether Bedrock has a lower per-token price
• Whether a separate Anthropic BAA is required for Bedrock

Answer: Whether Bedrock usage counts against their AWS EDP committed spend

If the org has an AWS EDP, Bedrock usage may count against that committed spend, potentially unlocking AWS credits or consuming EDP budget that would otherwise go unused. This should be checked before signing a separate Anthropic commit. The other options are also relevant but secondary to the EDP spend-efficiency question.

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