The prompt is cheap, the rollout is not.

Show every employee what AI tasks may cost before they run them - and give managers visibility into spend, Risk Level, and ROI Signal.

Preflight Cost Card

Workflow: Monthly vendor invoice summary from CSV export.

Estimated Cost

$18 - $26 / run

Team / month

$2,860

Risk LevelHigh

Premium model not needed. Approval recommended before run.

Recommendation

Use standard tier + staged workflow. Save about $10/run and keep output quality.

Outcomes

What teams get first with Paius.

Built for managers, operators, and admins

Preflight Cost Visibility

See Estimated Cost, Risk Level, and model fit before a Workflow runs.

Manager Approval Control

Require Approval for expensive, risky, or unnecessary AI Workflows.

ROI Accountability

Track spend, output quality, and ROI Signal by team, user, and Workflow.

Primary promise

Give your team AI access without losing control of cost.

How it works

A simple three-step path from idea to accountable AI usage.

Preflight the Task

Choose the Workflow, model/tool, file size, business purpose, and expected output in plain English.

Review Cost and Risk

See Estimated Cost, Risk Level, recommended model tier, and a cheaper Workflow suggestion.

Approve, Track, and Report

Save as a Receipt and give managers a Dashboard view of spend, usage patterns, and ROI Signal.

Product preview

Purpose-built UI for Preflight, Approval, Receipt, and Dashboard.

Every screen explains what to do next in business terms, not token math.

Preflight Cost Card

Estimated Cost$9 - $14

Risk Level

Medium

Recommended model tierStandard

Premium model not needed. Cheaper Workflow available.

Receipt

WorkflowCustomer support reply draft

Estimated vs actual$1.40 vs $1.22

Result used

Yes

ROI Signal

Likely good use of AI

Team Dashboard

30-day spend

$18.4k

High risk

Potential waste

$2.1k

Spend by Workflow, user, and tool with useful vs wasted spend visibility.

Approval Rules

Estimated Cost over $20

Active

Risk Level high

Active

Premium tier for low-value Workflow

Active

Finance department exception

Inactive

Why now

AI usage is scaling faster than cost visibility.

AI costs have shifted from flat subscriptions to usage-based consumption. Employees use AI more often, but most teams still lack plain-English guidance before spend happens.

Trend

Premium models are being used for low-value tasks.

Gap

Managers need Approval controls before spend happens.

Reality

Teams need cost and Risk Level guidance before they run Workflows.

Need

Employees need plain-English decisions, not token math.

Manager dashboard

Spend visibility before waste becomes normal.

Managers get clear visibility across teams: spend by Workflow, premium-model waste, high-risk tasks, and ROI Signal from actual Receipts.

30-day team snapshot

Total estimated AI spend

$21,480

Premium model waste

$3,920

High-risk Workflows

Cost per useful Workflow

$7.40

Dashboard highlights

- Spend by Workflow, user, team, and tool
- Useful vs potential wasted spend
- Approval bottlenecks and pending decisions

ROI Signal this month: 73% of Receipts were marked result used. Focus approvals on remaining high-cost low-value Workflows.

Why this product

Most AI cost tools are for developers. Paius is for managers and nontechnical teams.

Paius translates confusing AI economics into clear business decisions teams can act on.

Developer-style wording: Token input ratio

Paius wording: This task is cheap.

Developer-style wording: Context utilization

Paius wording: This task may be expensive.

Developer-style wording: Model latency tradeoffs

Paius wording: Premium AI is not needed.

Developer-style wording: Risk vectors

Paius wording: Approval recommended.

Developer-style wording: Post-inference value analysis

Paius wording: This Workflow created value.

Developer-style wording: Unaccounted model burn

Paius wording: This Workflow wasted spend.

Run your first Preflight and see what AI work will really cost.

Start tracking AI spend, Risk Level, and ROI Signal before premium usage becomes waste.

See what your team's AI usage is really costing.