OverpayingForAIPricing desk

AI Cost Audit for Businesses

Find where your business is overpaying for AI.

Start with the free Waste Score — eight questions, a shareable card, and a rough monthly leak range. Then use the seven-area desk check or the Agent Permissions module.

I am a

What the audit checks

Seven areas where AI spend leaks most often. The full self-guided pass takes under 30 minutes.

1

Unused seats

Are paid seats assigned to people who rarely use the tool?

2

Duplicate tools

Are multiple tools doing the same job across teams?

3

Plan mismatch

Are you paying for Pro, Team, or annual plans when a lower tier is enough?

4

Cheaper alternatives

Are lower-cost tools good enough for the actual use case?

5

Renewal risk

Are annual renewals happening without review?

6

API cost exposure

Are token or usage costs tracked separately from subscriptions?

7

AI agent permissions

Do any installed AI agents have system, network, or file access beyond what the job requires?

Primary on-ramp · Free

AI Waste Score

Progressive 8-question flow with a running score, shareable card, and optional email of the report. No account required to see the result.

  • Three sections with partial results
  • Shareable 0–100 waste score
  • Rough monthly leak range
  • Optional “email me the report”
Start Free Waste Score →

Free module

AI Agent Permissions Audit

A deeper security and risk module for businesses running AI agents. Checks for rogue or overpermissioned agents across Windows, Linux, and Mac systems. Includes a full report with remediation steps and a permission risk matrix — free.

  • Platform detection commands
  • Rogue agent checklist
  • Permission risk scoring
  • Full report included — free
Run AI Agent Permissions Audit →

Common waste patterns

Recurring patterns from buyer reviews — not a live counter, and not a claim about your stack.

  • A ChatGPT or Claude seat plus the same vendor’s API for one job.
  • Two coding assistants (editor + chat) billed as if they were different capabilities.
  • Annual Team plans renewed without a last-30-day seat login check.
  • Frontier models used as the default for classification or rewrite work.

Who it is for

·Founders reviewing AI subscriptions
·Agencies with multiple AI tools across clients
·Consultants managing AI-enabled delivery
·Small businesses with unplanned AI tool growth
·Finance or operations teams tracking AI spend
·Teams using multiple AI subscriptions together

When to use the AI Agent Permissions Audit

If your business uses AI agents — tools that run autonomously, access files, send emails, or call APIs — the AI Agent Permissions Audit helps you verify that none of them are rogue, overpermissioned, or creating system exposure you have not reviewed.

!You have deployed AI automation tools across the business
!Someone installed an AI agent you didn't fully vet
!You are running agents with admin, network, or file system access
!You want a risk score before your next security review
!A contractor or vendor left behind an agent
!You are onboarding a new AI tool that runs in the background

Pricing intelligence tools

After the score, use these tools to compare options, check live pricing, and estimate real monthly costs.

Related

If our calculators helped you cut down on hidden AI wallet leaks, consider buying us a coffee. A tiny fraction of your savings keeps our pricing indexes updated daily.

Not sure which AI is cheapest for your use case? Find out in 30 seconds — no signup required.

Get AI pricing alerts

Get AI pricing alerts before you overpay

Join the list for AI pricing changes, cheaper alternatives, and practical buying guidance.

Now tracking 50+ AI tools, models, platforms, subscriptions, coding tools, and automation products.

We use your email only for OverpayingForAI updates. Unsubscribe anytime.