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title: "Claude Partner Tier Checker: Counts and Gaps | Cred Farmer"
url: https://credfarmer.com/guides/claude-partner-tier-checker
description: "Claude partner tier checker: enter a firm’s certified, customer and story counts to see which published counts they meet, each gap and the next promotion date."
last_updated: 2026-11-06
publisher: "Cred Farmer, an independent study platform, not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic or Pearson VUE"
---

Independent tool for partner firms

# Claude partner tier checker for your firm’s numbers

Enter your firm’s counts to see which tier’s published numbers they reach, the gap on each count to the next tier, and the next promotion date. The result is arithmetic on your inputs. Anthropic decides standing.

10, 100 or 1,000 active certified · 2, 15 or 100 joint customers · 1, 3 or 15 public stories

This Claude partner tier checker tests your numbers against the tier lines in Anthropic’s announcement of 3 June 2026. Select asks for at least 10 active certified individuals, 2 joint customers deployed in production in the trailing 12 months and 1 public customer story. Preferred: at least 100, 15 deployed and 3. Global Premier: at least 1,000, 100 deployed across 3 or more regions and 15, plus a joint business plan. Only Select’s line names a window.

Cred Farmer is independent and is not part of the [Claude Partner Network](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-partner-network) or an Anthropic source. The facts here come from the official pages named under Sources, read on 6 November 2026. Anthropic’s partner team, not this page, decides a firm’s standing.

## Enter your firm’s numbers

Type [your own counts](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-partner-readiness). Every count starts at zero, so until you type, the result below is for a firm with no counts. Each field reads a whole number, and the result updates as you type. Reloading the page clears them.

Active certified individuals

Cred Farmer reads this as your firm’s people who hold a current Anthropic certification and have used Claude in the past 90 days. Count CCDV-F, CCAR-F and CCAR-P only.

Deployed joint customers

The announcement’s count line says customers the firm has taken live with Claude. Preferred’s and Global Premier’s lines say deployed joint customers and name no window.

Joint customers deployed in production in the trailing 12 months

Select’s line uses this wording, and it is the only tier line that names a window.

Public customer stories

Customers who will vouch for your firm’s work in a published customer story.

Regions those deployed joint customers are in

On Global Premier’s line only. No official page Cred Farmer could read says what a region is.

A joint business plan with named executive sponsors exists

On Global Premier’s line only.

### Your result

**Your inputs do not meet the published counts for Select, Preferred or Global Premier.** That is not a status. This page does not know whether your firm has joined the network, and Anthropic decides standing.

**None of the three** Highest published counts met

**Select** Next tier up

**1 January 2027** Next promotion date from today

The announcement says promotions are processed on 1 January and 1 July. That date is the first of those after the date your browser gives, or after the build date in a copy read without scripts. It is a printed date, not a promise that any firm moves on it.

### The gap to Select

| On Select’s line | Gap | Published, at least | Your input |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Active certified individuals | 10 more | 10 | 0 |
| Joint customers deployed in production in the trailing 12 months | 2 more | 2 | 0 |
| Public customer stories | 1 more | 1 | 0 |

### Read this with every result

- **Only three exams count.** Anthropic’s certification FAQ lists [Claude Certified Developer - Foundations (CCDV-F)](https://credfarmer.com/certifications/claude-certified-developer-foundations), [Claude Certified Architect - Foundations (CCAR-F)](https://credfarmer.com/certifications/claude-certified-architect-foundations) and [Claude Certified Architect - Professional (CCAR-P)](https://credfarmer.com/certifications/claude-certified-architect-professional) as counting towards Claude Partner Network eligibility. [Claude Certified Associate - Foundations (CCAO-F)](https://credfarmer.com/certifications/claude-certified-associate-foundations) does not.
- **What active means.** The announcement’s line headed Certified practitioners counts how many of the firm’s people “hold a current Anthropic certification and have used Claude in the past 90 days”. The tier lines say active certified individuals. [Active certified practitioner](https://credfarmer.com/blog/active-certified-practitioner) is Cred Farmer’s joining of the two lines, and no page read prints the phrase.
- **Anthropic decides.** Its partner team, not this page, decides a firm’s standing. The announcement says Anthropic verifies standing every quarter, and that every firm’s dashboard shows the same numbers Anthropic sees.
- **Exceptions.** The announcement says the narrow exceptions are spelled out in the Program Guide. No official page Cred Farmer could read on 6 November 2026 shows it. The Partner Hub, the application form, the Partner Portal, the Program Guide and the Partner Agreement were not read.

## The published counts and rules

These are the values the checker uses, and [Claude Partner Network requirements](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-partner-network-requirements) goes through them. The announcement points to claude.com/partners for detailed tier requirements. That page, rendered on 6 November 2026, printed no tier or count, so the figures rest on the announcement.

**Each tier’s line in the announcement of 3 June 2026**

| Tier | Active certified individuals | Joint customers | Public customer stories | Also on the line |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Select](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-partner-select-tier) | At least 10 | At least 2, deployed in production in the trailing 12 months | At least 1 | None stated |
| [Preferred](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-partner-preferred-tier) | At least 100 | At least 15 deployed | At least 3 | None stated |
| [Global Premier](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-partner-global-premier-tier) | At least 1,000 | At least 100 deployed, across 3 or more regions | At least 15 | A joint business plan with named executive sponsors |

**The rules around those counts, from the same announcement unless a row says otherwise**

| Rule | What the page says |
| --- | --- |
| [Registered](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-partner-registered-tier) | The entry level, where new applicants start, with a minimum commitment to 10 certified practitioners. The checker tests no inputs against it. “Partnership begins at Select.” |
| [Promotions](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-partner-tier-review-dates) | Processed twice a year, on 1 January and 1 July |
| Additional review | 1 October 2026, in the first year. The date has passed, and no page read reports its outcome |
| [Moving down](https://credfarmer.com/blog/losing-a-claude-partner-tier) | Only at the annual review on 31 December, and only if a firm no longer meets its tier’s published requirements. Only after 90 days’ notice and a chance to close the gap. “The narrow exceptions are spelled out in the Program Guide.” |
| Verification | Anthropic verifies standing every quarter |
| [Certified count](https://credfarmer.com/blog/active-certified-practitioner) | The firm’s people with a current Anthropic certification who have used Claude in the past 90 days |
| [Exams that count](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-partner-tier-certifications) | Anthropic’s certification FAQ lists CCDV-F, CCAR-F and CCAR-P. CCAO-F does not count |

## How to read a result

- **Meeting a line is arithmetic.** “Your inputs meet the published counts” means each number you typed reaches the number printed on that tier’s line. It is not a tier, a listing, a customer or a promise of any of them.
- **Each line is tested in its own words.** Select’s says joint customers deployed in production in the trailing 12 months. Preferred’s says deployed joint customers, and Global Premier’s adds across 3 or more regions. Neither names a window, and no page read says whether one applies. The announcement heads the count Customers running Claude in production. [Claude partner customer deployments](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-partner-customer-deployments) sets out what stays open.
- **A result with no tier is not a status.** This page cannot tell whether the firm has joined. The announcement says new applicants start at Registered, the program’s entry level, with a minimum commitment to 10 certified practitioners, and that partnership begins at Select. Anthropic’s article of 21 October 2026 has HCLTech joining at Global Premier, and its Service partners card read Select on 6 November 2026.
- **The checker can show a higher line met and a lower one not.** Only Select’s line names a window, and no page read says which date it tests. So the checker tests each line on its own number, then names the higher line and says which lower one fell short.
- **Some words stay undefined.** As of 6 November 2026, no official page Cred Farmer could read says what qualifies as a joint customer, what a public customer story must contain or what a region is. That silence neither allows nor bars anything, and more detail may exist on the pages listed under Sources as not read.
- **The date follows the published rule.** The result gives the first of 1 January and 1 July after today’s date on your device. No official page Cred Farmer could read gives a cut-off before a promotion date or the day the counts are measured.
- **Your own dashboard comes first.** The announcement says each partner sees its standing against the published requirements in the Partner Hub, refreshed daily, and the FAQ says the Partner Portal’s total of certifications is updated weekly. Cred Farmer’s advice is to read those first, and to ask partner-support@anthropic.com before a budget depends on a count.

Anthropic’s certifications page says CCAO-F, CCDV-F and CCAR-P include updated content from 7 December 2026, a notice that does not name CCAR-F. [Claude certification changes](https://credfarmer.com/blog/claude-certification-changes) keeps that record.

## Sources, read on 6 November 2026

- [Anthropic’s announcement of 3 June 2026](https://www.anthropic.com/news/services-track-partner-hub): the three tier lines, Registered, the Certified practitioners line, the quarterly verification, the promotion and review dates, and the Program Guide line.
- [Anthropic’s certification FAQ](https://anthropic-partners.skilljar.com/page/faq-certifications): which exams count towards Claude Partner Network eligibility.
- [Anthropic’s certifications page](https://anthropic-partners.skilljar.com/page/partner-certifications): the exam update of 7 December 2026.
- [Anthropic’s article of 21 October 2026](https://claude.com/resources/articles/hcltech-joins-claude-partner-network): HCLTech joining as a Global Premier partner.
- [Anthropic’s Service partners page](https://claude.com/marketplace/service-partners): HCLTech’s card read Select that day.
- [Anthropic’s article of 23 July 2026](https://claude.com/resources/articles/four-role-based-claude-certifications): it repeats Global Premier’s counts without the joint business plan, so the checker follows the fuller line in the announcement.
- [Anthropic’s partners page](https://claude.com/partners): where the announcement points for detailed tier requirements. It printed none that day.
- Also read that day: the [application page](https://claude.com/form/cpn-partner-application), the [policies page](https://anthropic-partners.skilljar.com/page/policies-certifications) and the [Certification Terms](https://everpath-course-content.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/instructor/34hhd92iyp94a0gtbr15cy5jk/public/1782870634/Certification+Terms+and+Conditions.pdf).

Not read: the Partner Hub, the application form, the Partner Portal, the Program Guide and the Partner Agreement. So where this page says something is not shown, it means not shown on what could be read, and no wider.

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Cred Farmer’s free CCDV-F mock follows Exam Guide v1.0 (July 2026), is timed and needs no account. A free sitting saves no result and forecasts nothing about the real exam. To weigh the exams first, [compare the four Claude certifications](https://credfarmer.com/certifications).

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## Frequently asked

Quick answers to the follow-up questions.

**Does this checker tell me my firm’s Claude partner tier?**

No. It compares the numbers you type with the counts printed in Anthropic’s announcement of 3 June 2026. Anthropic’s partner team decides a firm’s standing, and the announcement says it is verified every quarter. A result that your inputs meet a tier’s published counts is arithmetic. It is not a tier, a listing or a promise of either.

**Why does the checker ask for two customer numbers?**

Because the tier lines differ. Select’s says joint customers deployed in production in the trailing 12 months. Preferred’s and Global Premier’s say deployed joint customers and name no window. No official page Cred Farmer could read on 6 November 2026 says whether a window applies to those two, so each line gets its own number. The Partner Hub, form, Partner Portal, Program Guide and Partner Agreement were not read.

**Which certifications count towards the certified number?**

Anthropic’s certification FAQ lists three exams as counting towards Claude Partner Network eligibility: CCDV-F, CCAR-F and CCAR-P. It says Claude Certified Associate (CCAO-F) does not. The announcement counts people who hold a current Anthropic certification and have used Claude in the past 90 days. Active certified practitioner is Cred Farmer’s joining of those lines.

**If my numbers meet no tier, is my firm Registered?**

This page cannot say, because it does not know whether your firm has joined. The announcement says new applicants start at Registered, the program’s entry level, with a minimum commitment to 10 certified practitioners, and that partnership begins at Select. Anthropic’s article of 21 October 2026 reports HCLTech joining as a Global Premier partner, not whether it sat at Registered. HCLTech’s Service partners card read Select on 6 November 2026.

**When can a firm’s tier change?**

The announcement sets promotions on 1 January and 1 July, and a move down only at the 31 December annual review, after 90 days’ notice and a chance to close the gap, narrow exceptions aside. No official page Cred Farmer could read on 6 November 2026 shows those exceptions or the 1 October 2026 review’s outcome. The Partner Hub, form, Partner Portal, Program Guide and Partner Agreement were not read.

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