AI Cost for SaaS
Keep unit economics stable with per-tenant cost controls, routing, and measurable cost reporting.
The problem
For SaaS, AI cost is part of your unit economics. Without visibility, margins drift.
Why visibility matters
SaaS workloads vary by tenant. One tenant’s heavy usage shouldn’t break your whole cost model.
Cost decomposition
- Model pricing × tokens
- Workflow call count
- Retry behavior under failures
Optimization ideas
- Route by complexity
- Cache common steps
- Enforce per-tenant caps and budgets
Guardrails for agents
Cap tool retries and stop loops when convergence fails.