Finance · Cost Center
What every AI agent costs — governed, at-risk, and re-routable
$684.50 spent so far this cycle (11% estimated). At the recent ~$115.57/day run-rate this month projects to $3.5k — 16% over the $3.0k budget. $290.50 (42%) flows through at-risk agents; $122.10 is ungoverned and unchargeable. Top driver: Claude Code at $214.50.
Total spend
the single trusted number · 11% estimated
Projected this month
$3.5k16% over $3.0k budget
Cost per session
$684.50 ÷ 61 sessions
From cache
cache-read tokens · cost saved
Budget vs. actual — forecast
$3.0k monthly budget · proposed: BudgetForecastMeterAt ~$115.57/day you cross budget in ~20 days.
Spend you can't charge back or control
at riskproposed: GovernanceSpendBar · governanceTaggedSpend()
$290.50 / $684.50
42% of spend flows through agents with posture < 80 or no policy binding.
$122.10 ungoverned — no policy binding, no chargeback owner.
Spend by agent
$684.50 total · proposed: SpendTreemaptile area = share of spend · color = governance posture · click to inspect the agent
$214.50
31% · governed
$168.40
25% · at-risk
$96.20
14% · governed
$78.00
11% · ungoverned
$52.30
8% · governed
$44.10
6% · ungoverned
Spend over time
daily · last 7dRun-rate has climbed from $88.20 to $142.60/day — the slope driving the $3.5k projection.
Model efficiency — $ per 1k tokens
runtime-selection lever · proposed: EfficiencyLollipopre-route latency-tolerant, high-volume work to the cheaper-per-token runtime
gpt-5-codex costs $0.032/1k — 6× the cheapest (claude-haiku-4-5 at $0.006/1k).
Dollars only tell half the story
$684.50 bought 61 sessions — but how many succeeded? Cost per successful task exposes spend that produced nothing. See the join in Effectiveness.
By agent
7 agents · $290.50 at-riskAgent | Governance | Risk | Tokens | Responses | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | governed | Standard | 6.9M | 1.2k | $214.50 |
| support-copilot | governed | Elevated | 5.6M | 3.1k | $168.40 |
| Cursor | governed | Standard | 3.1M | 980 | $96.20 |
| Codex CLI est | ungoverned | Elevated | 2.4M | 540 | $78.00 |
| data-pipeline-agent | governed | Standard | 9.2M | 5.4k | $52.30 |
| marketing-gpt | ungoverned | Critical | 1.1M | 860 | $44.10 |
| Claude Desktop | governed | Standard | 800.0k | 180 | $31.00 |
Each agent's spend joins back to its governance posture — so dollars carry the risk lens. Rows link to the agent profile. $122.10 of this column is ungoverned (highlighted) and has no chargeback owner.
By model
5 modelsModel | Tokens | Cost | $/1k |
|---|---|---|---|
| claude-opus-4-8 | 7.7M | $245.50 | $0.032 |
| gpt-4o | 6.7M | $212.50 | $0.032 |
| claude-sonnet-4-6 | 3.1M | $96.20 | $0.031 |
| gpt-5-codex est | 2.4M | $78.00 | $0.032 |
| claude-haiku-4-5 | 9.2M | $52.30 | $0.006 |
By user
6 identitiesUser | Tokens | Responses | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| mark@qpoint.io | 7.7M | 1.4k | $245.50 |
| svc-support@qpoint.io | 5.6M | 3.1k | $168.40 |
| jane@qpoint.io | 3.1M | 980 | $96.20 |
| dev-7f3@duck.com est | 2.4M | 540 | $78.00 |
| svc-data@qpoint.io | 9.2M | 5.4k | $52.30 |
| (proxy-only, no identity) | 1.1M | 860 | $44.10 |
est rows are estimated from token counts — some providers (OpenAI / Codex) don't report a billed cost, so we derive it from usage. This is usage-based observation, not a billed invoice. For chargeback, attribute spend per cost center in Findings.