Will AgentNuro's numbers match our provider bills?

Billed spend in AgentNuro Insight matches your provider bills, because it is pulled from each provider's API. AgentNuro Control also gives you a live estimate as requests happen, calculated from tokens. It tracks the bill closely, and it is replaced by billed spend once the provider issues the bill.

How are input, output, cached and reasoning tokens priced?

Every call is priced at the rate you're actually billed, including input, output, cached and reasoning tokens, so a single total never hides what is driving cost.

How does AgentNuro handle shared API keys?

Billing and identity data attribute shared key spend to project and team from day one. For per-user and per-agent detail, route calls through the AgentNuro gateway with a one-line endpoint change.

Can we forecast AI spend and compare it with actuals?

Yes. AgentNuro shows a forecast as a range, built from your usage trend and the planned changes you enter, and compares it with what was actually spent.

Does AgentNuro detect unusual spend?

Yes, with AgentNuro Control. A spike, a new model showing up or a key behaving differently is flagged as it happens, not in next month's bill.

Do we need a gateway or proxy to attribute spend?

No. Attribution comes from read-only connections to your AI providers, your Microsoft tenant and your cloud platforms. The AgentNuro gateway is optional. Add it when you want live estimates and budget enforcement on the traffic you route through it.

Solutions for FinOps teams

Bring FinOps discipline to AI token spend

AgentNuro applies the FinOps cycle to AI: allocate token spend by team, project, model and agent, reconcile it to the provider bill, forecast it as a range, and optimize it with right-sized models and caching, with every call priced at the rate you're billed, across input, output, cached and reasoning tokens.

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September AI spend $412,600

96% of spend attributed to a team or project4% unresolved

EngineeringCC-4100$168,200

Customer ServiceCC-5200$74,900

SalesCC-6100$58,300

FinanceCC-7100$41,700

Other teamsSeveral cost centers$69,500

How does the FinOps cycle apply to AI?

Five questions FinOps teams are asked about AI spend, answered from one set of data. Pick a question to see the answer.

Attribute

Allocation that doesn't depend on tags

Usage from each provider is tied to the user, project, API key or agent that generated it, then rolled up to the team or department that owns it. Spend that can't be matched to an owner yet shows as unresolved, and you assign it with a rule.

AI Cost Attribution

Spend by team, September

Engineering$168,200

Customer Service$74,900

Sales$58,300

Finance$41,700

Other teams$69,500

Unresolved 4%

Attribute

Billed spend reconciled, with a live estimate in between

Billed spend is pulled from each provider's API, so it matches the bill. With AgentNuro Control, a live estimate calculated from tokens tracks the bill as requests happen, and billed spend replaces it when the bill arrives.

AI Cost Attribution

Billed and estimated spend

Team	JulBilled	AugBilled	SepBilled	Oct to dateLive estimate
Engineering	$137,900	$153,100	$168,200	$77,400
Customer Service	$61,400	$68,200	$74,900	$34,500
Sales	$47,800	$53,100	$58,300	$26,800
All teams	$338,300	$375,500	$412,600	$189,900

Closed months show billed spend. The current month shows a live estimate until the bill arrives.

Attribute

Showback first, chargeback when owners trust it

Spend can be broken out by user, team or department, project, model and agent, and turned into line items by team, business unit or cost center. Many teams start with showback and move to chargeback once owners trust the numbers.

AI Cost Attribution

Allocation by team

Team	Sep	Share of Sep
Engineering	$168,200	40.8%
Customer Service	$74,900	18.2%
Sales	$58,300	14.1%
Finance	$41,700	10.1%
Other teams	$69,500	16.8%
Total	$412,600	100%

Showback: teams see what they spend on AI, while the budget stays central.

Team	Sep	Charged to
Engineering	$168,200	CC-4100
Customer Service	$74,900	CC-5200
Sales	$58,300	CC-6100
Finance	$41,700	CC-7100
Other teams	$69,500	Several cost centers
Total	$412,600

Chargeback: each line moves to the budget of the cost center that owns it.

Why don't cloud cost tools cover AI spend?

Cloud cost tools start from infrastructure bills. AI spend starts from usage: tokens, seats and agents.

Cloud cost tools

AgentNuro

Starts from

Cloud cost toolsInfrastructure bills

AgentNuroAI usage: model APIs, Microsoft Copilot seats, and agents on Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, Gemini Enterprise and Power Platform

The unit

Cloud cost toolsInstance and storage hours

AgentNuroTokens, split into input, output, cached and reasoning, each priced at the rate you're billed

How cost finds an owner

Cloud cost toolsResource tags

AgentNuroThe user, project, API key or agent behind each call, rolled up to the team that owns it

What does one outcome really cost?

Unit economics needs a cost and a count. AgentNuro supplies the cost for every project and agent. The count comes from your own systems. Enter both below. Everything is calculated from what you type, in your browser.

AI spend this monthOne project or agent, in USD Outcomes this monthFor example tickets resolved or documents reviewed

Cost per outcome, this month

$3.47

$6,240 divided by 1,800 outcomes

Compare with last month Optional

Pre-filled with an illustrative example: $6,240 and 1,800 outcomes. AgentNuro shows spend for every project and agent. Pair it with your outcome counts to track cost per outcome over time.

Ready to enforce as well as see? AgentNuro Control applies budgets by team or project, so overspend is stopped as it happens rather than found on next month's bill.

AgentNuro Control

Bring FinOps discipline to AI token spend

How does the FinOps cycle apply to AI?

Allocation that doesn't depend on tags

Billed spend reconciled, with a live estimate in between

A forecast shown as a range

Waste found per request, in dollars

Showback first, chargeback when owners trust it

Why don't cloud cost tools cover AI spend?

What does one outcome really cost?

Frequently asked questions

See where your AI spend lands, by team, project, model and agent