Tallwood Group · September 2026
AI spend
AI spend
$11,815
this month · ▲ 14% vs August
Could be saved
$4,403
a month · $52,836 a year
Tools not used
4 of 19
$174 a month on idle seats
Against plan
+$1,315
over the $10,500 plan · 13%
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Planned vs actual spend
Last 6 months
September: $11,815 against a plan of $10,500 · ⚠ $1,315 over
$6.9k
Apr$7.8k
May$8.6k
Jun$9.5k
Jul$10.4k
Aug$11.8k
Sep Within plan Over plan Planned
Spend by team, against plan
Black line = plan
Spend by tool
This month
- Support bot$3,850
- Claude API$2,960
- Claude Code$2,100
- Codex$1,831
- Campaign generator$481
- ChatGPT Business$150
- Microsoft Copilot$135
Paid tools in use
This month
15 of 19
paid tools were used
Used Not used · $174 a month
Where the savings are
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