GPT-6 Astra pricing: What OpenAI’s new flagship costs in 2026

OpenAI's new flagship reasoning model lists at $10/$50 per million tokens, 2.5x GPT-5.6 Sol and level with Claude Fable 5.1. Here's the full rate card, the fine print, and how to decide before Sol's promo ends November 21.

Indirect costs in 2026: AI spend is the new overhead (and how to allocate it)

Are hidden costs killing or distorting your SaaS margins? Here’s how to find (and eliminate) the indirect SaaS costs destroying your bottom line.

LLM token cost: pricing per token explained

LLM token cost is the per-token price a provider charges to read or write text, quoted per million tokens with output priced ~5x input: the unit every AI invoice is denominated in, and a poor unit for deciding anything.

Codex vs. Claude Code in 2026: cost, capability, and which one your team should pick

A finance-first comparison of OpenAI Codex and Claude Code on real cost per developer, capability, and AI ROI, with a clear framework for deciding which coding agent your team should run.

AI coding tools cost compared: Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code & Codex

GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex compared on real cost per developer, from $0 to $200 a month at list, and the $100 to $250 they actually reach once agents run all day.

Grok pricing in 2026: SuperGrok plans, API token costs, and what they mean for your AI budget

Grok pricing splits into consumer SuperGrok plans and per-token API rates that have fallen fast in 2026, with add-on meters most guides skip and a churn rate that turns any static AI budget into a guess.

Google Cloud Functions is now Cloud Run functions: what it is, and what it really costs

Google Cloud Functions became Cloud Run functions in 2024. Here's what the product is, how its per-request pricing actually works, and why AI workloads raise the stakes on every invoice.

AI cost governance: policies to control AI spend

AI cost governance turns unpredictable AI spend into an answerable question — through enforced budget caps, token quotas, prompt caching, and unified allocation that maps every dollar to a team, feature, or customer.

Shipped: Cost anomalies and savings recommendations, delivered into ServiceNow

CloudZero continues to ship new features and enhancements at a fast pace. We're publishing these product update posts to keep you up to date on our velocity and how we're adding customer value.

LLM cost management: a practical guide for teams that own the budget

A practical guide to LLM cost management: the five-level system for allocating, budgeting, and governing model spend so every dollar maps to a feature, team, and outcome.