Tallwood Group · September 2026
Engineering
AI spend
$7,010
this month · ▲ 14% vs August
Could be saved
$1,859
a month · $22,308 a year
Tools not used
1 of 6
$39 a month on idle seats
Against plan
+$1,010
over the $6,000 plan · 17%
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Planned vs actual spend
Last 6 months
September: $7,010 against a plan of $6,000 · ⚠ $1,010 over
$4.1k
Apr$4.6k
May$5.1k
Jun$5.6k
Jul$6.2k
Aug$7.0k
Sep Within plan Over plan Planned
Spend by person
This month
Spend by tool
This month
- Claude API$2,960
- Claude Code$2,100
- Codex$1,831
- Cursor$80
- GitHub Copilot$39
Paid tools in use
This month
5 of 6
paid tools were used
Used Not used · $39 a month
Where the savings are
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