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AI token economics: know what every answer costs, then pay less for it

Every AI feature is billed by the token, and those costs grow quietly with usage. We show you where your AI spend goes, what each answer, document or conversation really costs, and how to bring it down without making the results worse. The first consultation and the discovery meeting are free.

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When token costs need attention

AI bills rarely cause trouble in the pilot. They cause trouble when usage grows and nobody can say what a single answer costs.

The bill grows faster than usage

Spend on OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock or Azure OpenAI is climbing every month, and nobody can explain which feature is driving it.

You can't price your own product

You're adding AI features for customers but don't know the cost per user, per document or per conversation, so you can't set a price that protects your margin.

The biggest model for everything

Every request goes to the most expensive model, including simple tasks that a smaller model handles just as well for a fraction of the price.

No forecast for the board

Finance wants a number for next year's AI spend, and the honest answer today is a guess.

What you get

A clear picture of your AI unit costs, and a ranked list of ways to lower them.

A breakdown of spend by feature, model and customer, built from your real usage logs
Your cost per answer, per document and per active user, in plain numbers
A ranked list of savings, each with a dollar figure and the effect on quality
Model routing: simple tasks go to smaller, cheaper models; hard ones to the best
Prompt and context trimming, plus caching and batch processing where your provider offers them
An evaluation set, so every cost cut is checked against answer quality before it ships
A usage dashboard, budget alerts and a 12-month spend forecast your finance team can use

How it runs

We start with two free conversations. You only pay if you decide a full review is worth it.

Free consultation

A 30-minute call to understand your AI features, your providers and what you spend today. You leave with two or three quick wins, whether or not you work with us.

30 minutes · free

Free discovery meeting

A 60-minute working session with your engineers, looking at real usage data and prompts. We estimate how much you could save, and you get a fixed quote for the full review.

60 minutes · free

Cost review and fixes

A week analysing your usage in detail, then the changes themselves: routing, caching, prompt trimming, budgets and the dashboard. Every change is checked against quality before it goes live.

One week · $4,900, then fixed quote

Where token savings usually come from

Most AI bills have the same few sources of waste. The review finds out which ones apply to you.

Right model for each task

Classification, extraction and routing rarely need the largest model. Sending each request to the smallest model that meets the quality bar is usually the biggest single saving.

Shorter prompts and context

Long system prompts, repeated instructions and whole documents pasted into every request add up. Sending only what the model needs often cuts input tokens sharply.

Caching and batching

Most major providers charge much less for repeated prompt content that is cached, and offer discounted batch processing for work that doesn't need an instant answer.

Limits and guardrails

Caps on output length, retries and runaway agent loops, plus per-customer budgets, so one heavy user or one bug can't blow out the month's bill.

Tools and platforms we use most

OpenAIAnthropicAmazon BedrockAzure OpenAIGoogle Vertex AIPrompt cachingBatch APIsLangfuseHeliconeCloudWatchAWS Cost Explorer

Pricing

Start with two free conversations. A full review is a fixed price, agreed in writing before any work starts.

Option	Price
First consultation30 minutes. Your AI features, providers and current spend, plus quick wins you can act on straight away.	Free
Discovery meeting60 minutes with your engineers, looking at real usage and prompts. Includes a savings estimate and a fixed quote.	Free
Token cost reviewOne week. Spend breakdown, unit costs, ranked savings, evaluation set and a 12-month forecast.	$4,900
Optimisation and monitoringPutting the savings in place: routing, caching, prompt changes, dashboards and budget alerts.	fixed quote

The free consultation and discovery meeting come with no obligation. We only quote for the review if the savings are likely to be worth more than its cost. Model costs stay billed directly by your provider; we don't resell AI usage or take commissions.

Common questions

What is token economics?

AI models are billed by the token, which is roughly three-quarters of a word. Token economics means understanding how many tokens each part of your product uses, what that costs per answer or per customer, and how to design the system so the cost makes business sense.

Is the first consultation really free?

Yes. The 30-minute consultation and the 60-minute discovery meeting are both free, with no obligation. If a paid review isn't likely to save you more than it costs, we'll say so.

Will cutting costs make the answers worse?

Not if it's done carefully. We build a set of real examples first and check every change against it, so you see the effect on quality before anything goes live.

We only spend a few hundred dollars a month. Is this worth it?

Possibly not yet, and the free consultation will tell you. It's most useful once AI is part of your product or core workflows, or when you need to price AI features for customers.

Do you need access to our data?

For the free consultation, no. For the discovery meeting and review, we look at usage logs and sample prompts, under a confidentiality agreement and with access limited to what the work needs.

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Book your free token economics consultation

Thirty minutes, no cost and no obligation. You'll leave knowing where your AI spend goes and two or three ways to lower it.