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Sample data. This is the unedited report AI Spend Audit produced on its bundled sample files, which describe a fictional business, run the same way a subscriber's upload is run (as of 2026-10-14). No AI model and no person touched it. Your own results depend on the exports you upload.

The full download also contains: actions.csv, cancellation-checklist.md, cfo-summary.html, cfo-summary.md, seats.csv, spend-by-month.csv.

AI spend audit as of 2026-10-14

Period covered: Apr 2026 to Oct 2026. Run-rate month: Sep 2026.

Summary

Amount
Monthly AI spend (run-rate) $3,198.41
Annualized $38,380.92
Of which estimated (no charge found) $555.00
Billed in your files, Apr 2026 to Oct 2026 $14,160.48
Savings found, per month $1,157.00
Savings found, per year $13,884.00
High-confidence savings, per month $633.00
Added cost of moving personal plans onto company seats, per month $30.00
Net saving, per month $1,127.00
Monthly spend after all actions $2,071.41
Spend per active user (29 people) $110.29

Ranked actions

Sorted by confidence, then by money. Keep lines follow the actions. Row numbers are spreadsheet rows in your original files (row 1 is the header).

# Verdict Action Saves a month Saves a year Confidence Evidence
A01 cut Remove 6 ChatGPT Team/Business seats unused for over 30 days $180.00 $2,160.00 high chatgpt-team-members.csv row 5; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 13; +5 more
A02 cut Remove 6 GitHub Copilot Business seats unused for over 30 days $114.00 $1,368.00 high github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 2; github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 3; +5 more
A03 cut Remove 2 Cursor seats unused for over 30 days $80.00 $960.00 high cursor-team-members.csv row 13; cursor-team-members.csv row 14; +1 more
A04 cut Remove 2 ChatGPT Team/Business seats held by people who have left $60.00 $720.00 high chatgpt-team-members.csv row 9; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 14; +1 more
A05 cut Remove 2 Claude Team seats unused for over 30 days $60.00 $720.00 high claude-team-members.csv row 8; claude-team-members.csv row 9
A06 cut Remove 1 Cursor seat held by someone who has left $40.00 $480.00 high cursor-team-members.csv row 15; contracts.csv row 3
A07 cut Stop expensing 2 personal ChatGPT Plus plans for people who already have a company seat $40.00 $480.00 high amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 44; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 8; +2 more
A08 cut Stop expensing 1 personal Claude Pro plan for someone who already has a company seat $20.00 $240.00 high amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 35; claude-team-members.csv row 4
A09 cut Stop expensing 1 personal Perplexity Pro plan for someone who already has a company seat $20.00 $240.00 high amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 51; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 7
A10 cut Remove 1 GitHub Copilot Business seat held by someone who has left $19.00 $228.00 high github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 12; contracts.csv row 4
A11 consolidate Consolidate 3 people onto ChatGPT Team/Business and drop their Claude Team seats $90.00 $1,080.00 medium claude-team-members.csv row 7; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 3; +4 more
A12 consolidate Consolidate 4 people onto Cursor and drop their GitHub Copilot Business seats $76.00 $912.00 medium github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 5; cursor-team-members.csv row 6; +6 more
A13 cut Remove 1 ChatGPT Team/Business seat never used $30.00 $360.00 medium chatgpt-team-members.csv row 19; amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 30
A14 cut Remove 1 GitHub Copilot Business seat never used $19.00 $228.00 medium github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 16; contracts.csv row 4
A15 consolidate Move 1 personal Perplexity Pro plan onto ChatGPT Team/Business $0.00 $0.00 medium amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 40; amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 30
A16 consolidate Move 2 personal ChatGPT Plus plans onto ChatGPT Team/Business $0.00 $0.00 medium amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 46; amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 32; +1 more
A17 consolidate Move 1 personal ChatGPT Pro plan onto ChatGPT Team/Business $170.00 $2,040.00 low amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 37; amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 30
A18 consolidate Drop Fireflies.ai and use Otter.ai for meeting notes $90.00 $1,080.00 low amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 52; contracts.csv row 5
A19 consolidate Drop Copy.ai and use Jasper for writing assistant $49.00 $588.00 low amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 34; amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 48
A20 keep Keep ChatGPT Team/Business amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 30
A21 keep Keep Cursor contracts.csv row 3; amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 39
A22 keep Keep OpenAI API openai-api-usage.csv row 767; openai-api-usage.csv row 916
A23 keep Keep GitHub Copilot Business contracts.csv row 4
A24 keep Keep Claude Team claude-team-members.csv row 2
A25 keep Keep Anthropic API anthropic-console-usage.csv row 461; anthropic-console-usage.csv row 550
A26 keep Keep Otter.ai contracts.csv row 5
A27 keep Keep Jasper amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 48
A28 keep Keep DeepL ops-eu-card.csv row 12
A29 keep Keep Midjourney amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 42

A01 Remove 6 ChatGPT Team/Business seats unused for over 30 days

Cut. Saves $180.00 a month ($2,160.00 a year). Confidence: high. Saving starts from the next bill (about 2026-10-03). Act by 2026-10-02.

No activity recorded in over 30 days.

Name Email Team Detail
Ben Carter ben.carter@larkspur.example Sales last active 2026-08-11 (64 days)
Bruno Costa bruno.costa@larkspur.example Operations last active 2026-08-20 (55 days)
Elliot Kerr elliot.kerr@larkspur.example Finance last active 2026-06-15 (121 days)
Hannah Cho hannah.cho@larkspur.example Engineering last active 2026-09-08 (36 days)
Marcus Bell marcus.bell@larkspur.example Engineering last active 2026-09-12 (32 days)
Paul Remy paul.remy@larkspur.example Marketing last active 2026-07-02 (104 days)

Evidence: chatgpt-team-members.csv row 5; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 13; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 18; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 21; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 22; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 23; amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 30 (2026-09-03 OPENAI *CHATGPT SUBSCR $660.00)

A02 Remove 6 GitHub Copilot Business seats unused for over 30 days

Cut. Saves $114.00 a month ($1,368.00 a year). Confidence: high. Saving starts from the next bill.

No activity recorded in over 30 days.

Name Email Team Detail
Ines Duarte ines.duarte@larkspur.example Engineering last active 2026-08-03 (72 days)
Kofi Mensah kofi.mensah@larkspur.example Engineering last active 2026-05-19 (148 days)
Oliver Grant oliver.grant@larkspur.example Engineering last active 2026-07-08 (98 days)
Priya Nair priya.nair@larkspur.example Engineering last active 2026-07-21 (85 days)
Tomas Varga tomas.varga@larkspur.example Engineering last active 2026-06-30 (106 days)
Yuki Tanaka yuki.tanaka@larkspur.example Engineering last active 2026-08-20 (55 days)

Evidence: github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 2; github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 3; github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 8; github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 9; github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 10; github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 11; contracts.csv row 4 (contract price per seat)

A03 Remove 2 Cursor seats unused for over 30 days

Cut. Saves $80.00 a month ($960.00 a year). Confidence: high. Saving starts from the next bill (about 2026-10-12). Act by 2026-10-11.

No activity recorded in over 30 days.

Name Email Team Detail
Mei Lin mei.lin@larkspur.example Engineering last active 2026-07-30 (76 days)
Raj Iyer raj.iyer@larkspur.example Engineering last active 2026-08-12 (63 days)

Evidence: cursor-team-members.csv row 13; cursor-team-members.csv row 14; contracts.csv row 3 (contract price per seat)

A04 Remove 2 ChatGPT Team/Business seats held by people who have left

Cut. Saves $60.00 a month ($720.00 a year). Confidence: high. Saving starts from the next bill (about 2026-10-03). Act by 2026-10-02.

Marked as left in people.csv, or past their end date.

Name Email Team Detail
Laura Pettit laura.pettit@larkspur.example Sales left 2026-08-01; last active 2026-07-28
Mark Ellis mark.ellis@larkspur.example Marketing left 2026-06-30; last active 2026-06-27

Evidence: chatgpt-team-members.csv row 9; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 14; amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 30 (2026-09-03 OPENAI *CHATGPT SUBSCR $660.00)

A05 Remove 2 Claude Team seats unused for over 30 days

Cut. Saves $60.00 a month ($720.00 a year). Confidence: high. Saving starts from the next bill.

No activity recorded in over 30 days. Seat price is the vendor list price; your invoice may differ.

Name Email Team Detail
Chloe Dubois chloe.dubois@larkspur.example Sales last active 2026-08-05 (70 days)
Wendy Ng wendy.ng@larkspur.example Support last active 2026-07-20 (86 days)

Evidence: claude-team-members.csv row 8; claude-team-members.csv row 9

A06 Remove 1 Cursor seat held by someone who has left

Cut. Saves $40.00 a month ($480.00 a year). Confidence: high. Saving starts from the next bill (about 2026-10-12). Act by 2026-10-11.

Marked as left in people.csv, or past their end date.

Name Email Team Detail
Kyle Benson kyle.benson@larkspur.example Engineering left 2026-07-15; last active 2026-07-14

Evidence: cursor-team-members.csv row 15; contracts.csv row 3 (contract price per seat)

A07 Stop expensing 2 personal ChatGPT Plus plans for people who already have a company seat

Cut. Saves $40.00 a month ($480.00 a year). Confidence: high. Saving starts from the next charge (about 2026-10-21). Act by 2026-10-20.

Each person already holds a company seat in the same category, so the company pays twice for the same job.

Name Email Team Detail
Fiona Walsh fiona.walsh@larkspur.example Sales $20.00/month; already has ChatGPT Team/Business
Theo Laurent theo.laurent@larkspur.example Support $20.00/month; already has ChatGPT Team/Business

Evidence: amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 44 (2026-09-16 OPENAI *CHATGPT SUBSCR $20.00); chatgpt-team-members.csv row 8; amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 49 (2026-09-21 OPENAI *CHATGPT SUBSCR $20.00); chatgpt-team-members.csv row 16

A08 Stop expensing 1 personal Claude Pro plan for someone who already has a company seat

Cut. Saves $20.00 a month ($240.00 a year). Confidence: high. Saving starts from the next charge (about 2026-10-08). Act by 2026-10-07.

Each person already holds a company seat in the same category, so the company pays twice for the same job.

Name Email Team Detail
Rosa Klein rosa.klein@larkspur.example Marketing $20.00/month; already has Claude Team

Evidence: amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 35 (2026-09-08 CLAUDE.AI SUBSCRIPTION $20.00); claude-team-members.csv row 4

A09 Stop expensing 1 personal Perplexity Pro plan for someone who already has a company seat

Cut. Saves $20.00 a month ($240.00 a year). Confidence: high. Saving starts from the next charge (about 2026-10-24). Act by 2026-10-23.

Each person already holds a company seat in the same category, so the company pays twice for the same job.

Name Email Team Detail
Diego Santos diego.santos@larkspur.example Sales $20.00/month; already has ChatGPT Team/Business

Evidence: amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 51 (2026-09-24 PERPLEXITY.AI $20.00); chatgpt-team-members.csv row 7

A10 Remove 1 GitHub Copilot Business seat held by someone who has left

Cut. Saves $19.00 a month ($228.00 a year). Confidence: high. Saving starts from the next bill.

Marked as left in people.csv, or past their end date.

Name Email Team Detail
Kyle Benson kyle.benson@larkspur.example Engineering left 2026-07-15; last active 2026-07-10

Evidence: github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 12; contracts.csv row 4 (contract price per seat)

A11 Consolidate 3 people onto ChatGPT Team/Business and drop their Claude Team seats

Consolidate. Saves $90.00 a month ($1,080.00 a year). Confidence: medium. Saving starts from the next bill.

They use both tools for the same job (chat assistant). ChatGPT Team/Business has more active users (13 vs 7).

Name Email Team Detail
Jake Morrison jake.morrison@larkspur.example Sales active on both; last used Claude Team 2026-09-23
Maya Lindqvist maya.lindqvist@larkspur.example Marketing active on both; last used Claude Team 2026-09-29; admin of the workspace, so hand that role to someone else first
Olivia Park olivia.park@larkspur.example Marketing active on both; last used Claude Team 2026-09-27

Evidence: claude-team-members.csv row 7; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 3; claude-team-members.csv row 2; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 10; claude-team-members.csv row 3; chatgpt-team-members.csv row 12

A12 Consolidate 4 people onto Cursor and drop their GitHub Copilot Business seats

Consolidate. Saves $76.00 a month ($912.00 a year). Confidence: medium. Saving starts from the next bill.

They use both tools for the same job (coding assistant). Cursor has more active users (11 vs 7).

Name Email Team Detail
Dev Patel dev.patel@larkspur.example Engineering active on both; last used GitHub Copilot Business 2026-09-22
Hannah Cho hannah.cho@larkspur.example Engineering active on both; last used GitHub Copilot Business 2026-09-26
Lena Okafor lena.okafor@larkspur.example Engineering active on both; last used GitHub Copilot Business 2026-09-29
Sam Rivera sam.rivera@larkspur.example Engineering active on both; last used GitHub Copilot Business 2026-09-17

Evidence: github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 5; cursor-team-members.csv row 6; github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 6; cursor-team-members.csv row 7; github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 4; cursor-team-members.csv row 5; github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 7; cursor-team-members.csv row 8

A13 Remove 1 ChatGPT Team/Business seat never used

Cut. Saves $30.00 a month ($360.00 a year). Confidence: medium. Saving starts from the next bill (about 2026-10-03). Act by 2026-10-02.

No activity recorded since the seat was assigned.

Name Email Team Detail
Farah Aziz farah.aziz@larkspur.example Finance no recorded activity

Evidence: chatgpt-team-members.csv row 19; amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 30 (2026-09-03 OPENAI *CHATGPT SUBSCR $660.00)

A14 Remove 1 GitHub Copilot Business seat never used

Cut. Saves $19.00 a month ($228.00 a year). Confidence: medium. Saving starts from the next bill.

No activity recorded since the seat was assigned.

Name Email Team Detail
Raj Iyer raj.iyer@larkspur.example Engineering no recorded activity

Evidence: github-copilot-seat-usage.csv row 16; contracts.csv row 4 (contract price per seat)

A15 Move 1 personal Perplexity Pro plan onto ChatGPT Team/Business

Consolidate. Saves $0.00 a month ($0.00 a year) and adds $10.00 a month in company seats. Confidence: medium. Saving starts from the next charge (about 2026-10-13). Act by 2026-10-12.

Personal plans paid by company cards sit outside company admin control: no offboarding, no shared workspace. A ChatGPT Team/Business seat costs $30.00 a month.

Name Email Team Detail
Hiro Sato hiro.sato@larkspur.example Sales $20.00/month since 2026-04-13

Evidence: amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 40 (2026-09-13 PERPLEXITY.AI $20.00); amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 30 (2026-09-03 OPENAI *CHATGPT SUBSCR $660.00)

A16 Move 2 personal ChatGPT Plus plans onto ChatGPT Team/Business

Consolidate. Saves $0.00 a month ($0.00 a year) and adds $20.00 a month in company seats. Confidence: medium. Saving starts from the next charge (about 2026-10-18). Act by 2026-10-17.

Personal plans paid by company cards sit outside company admin control: no offboarding, no shared workspace. A ChatGPT Team/Business seat costs $30.00 a month.

Name Email Team Detail
Erin Doyle erin.doyle@larkspur.example Operations $20.00/month since 2026-04-18
Isla Moreno isla.moreno@larkspur.example Sales $20.00/month since 2026-06-05

Evidence: amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 46 (2026-09-18 OPENAI *CHATGPT SUBSCR $20.00); amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 32 (2026-09-05 OPENAI *CHATGPT SUBSCR $20.00); amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 30 (2026-09-03 OPENAI *CHATGPT SUBSCR $660.00)

A17 Move 1 personal ChatGPT Pro plan onto ChatGPT Team/Business

Consolidate. Saves $170.00 a month ($2,040.00 a year). Confidence: low. Saving starts from the next charge (about 2026-10-10). Act by 2026-10-09.

Personal plans paid by company cards sit outside company admin control: no offboarding, no shared workspace. A ChatGPT Team/Business seat costs $30.00 a month. Check first whether they need the higher usage limits of the personal plan.

Name Email Team Detail
Dmitri Volkov dmitri.volkov@larkspur.example Operations $200.00/month since 2026-07-10

Evidence: amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 37 (2026-09-10 OPENAI *CHATGPT SUBSCR $200.00); amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 30 (2026-09-03 OPENAI *CHATGPT SUBSCR $660.00)

A18 Drop Fireflies.ai and use Otter.ai for meeting notes

Consolidate. Saves $90.00 a month ($1,080.00 a year). Confidence: low. Saving starts from the next bill (about 2026-10-25). Act by 2026-10-24.

Both are meeting notes tools. Otter.ai costs more ($120.00 vs $90.00 a month), so it is the one to keep unless the people using Fireflies.ai say otherwise.

Evidence: amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 52 (2026-09-25 FIREFLIES.AI $90.00); contracts.csv row 5 (annual contract)

A19 Drop Copy.ai and use Jasper for writing assistant

Consolidate. Saves $49.00 a month ($588.00 a year). Confidence: low. Saving starts from the next bill (about 2026-10-07). Act by 2026-10-06.

Both are writing assistant tools. Jasper costs more ($69.00 vs $49.00 a month), so it is the one to keep unless the people using Copy.ai say otherwise.

Evidence: amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 34 (2026-09-07 COPY.AI $49.00); amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 48 (2026-09-20 JASPER.AI $69.00)

Keep

  • ChatGPT Team/Business ($660.00 a month). 13 of 22 paid seats active (59%); $50.77 per active user per month. Keep the remaining 13 seats after the actions above.
  • Cursor ($560.00 a month). 11 of 14 paid seats active (79%); $50.91 per active user per month. Keep the remaining 11 seats after the actions above.
  • OpenAI API ($456.72 a month). Pay-per-use API; $456.72 in 2026-09, up 5% on the prior 3-month average. 1 project has no owner team (Default project); give each an owner and a spend limit.
  • GitHub Copilot Business ($285.00 a month). 7 of 15 paid seats active (47%); $40.71 per active user per month. Keep the remaining 3 seats after the actions above.
  • Claude Team ($270.00 a month). 7 of 9 paid seats active (78%); $38.57 per active user per month. Keep the remaining 4 seats after the actions above. Spend is estimated from the seat list at list price.
  • Anthropic API ($236.29 a month). Pay-per-use API; $236.29 in 2026-09, down 1% on the prior 3-month average. 1 project has no owner team (Default); give each an owner and a spend limit.
  • Otter.ai ($120.00 a month). The company's meeting notes tool once Fireflies.ai is dropped. Renews 2026-11-20 ($1,440.00); decide by 2026-10-21. Fireflies.ai does the same job for less. Settle which one stays before this renewal: dropping Otter.ai instead would save $120.00 a month.
  • Jasper ($69.00 a month). The company's writing assistant tool once Copy.ai is dropped.
  • DeepL ($32.40 a month). Only translation tool the company pays for.
  • Midjourney ($30.00 a month). Only image generation tool the company pays for.

Spend by tool

Run-rate is the Sep 2026 figure unless the basis says otherwise.

Tool Vendor Category Monthly Basis Active seats Per active user Verdict
ChatGPT Team/Business OpenAI Chat assistant $660.00 billed in 2026-09 13 of 22 $50.77 keep, trim seats
Cursor Anysphere Coding assistant $560.00 billed in 2026-09 11 of 14 $50.91 keep, trim seats
OpenAI API OpenAI Model API (pay per use) $456.72 billed in 2026-09 keep
GitHub Copilot Business GitHub Coding assistant $285.00 contract: 15 seats x $19.00 7 of 15 $40.71 keep, trim seats
Claude Team Anthropic Chat assistant $270.00 estimated: 9 seats x $30.00 7 of 9 $38.57 keep, trim seats
Anthropic API Anthropic Model API (pay per use) $236.29 billed in 2026-09 keep
ChatGPT Pro (personal) OpenAI Chat assistant $200.00 billed in 2026-09 consolidate
Otter.ai Otter.ai Meeting notes $120.00 annual contract $1,440.00 / 12 keep
Fireflies.ai Fireflies.ai Meeting notes $90.00 billed in 2026-09 consolidate
ChatGPT Plus (personal) OpenAI Chat assistant $80.00 billed in 2026-09 consolidate
Jasper Jasper Writing assistant $69.00 billed in 2026-09 keep
Copy.ai Copy.ai Writing assistant $49.00 billed in 2026-09 consolidate
Perplexity Pro (personal) Perplexity Chat assistant $40.00 billed in 2026-09 consolidate
DeepL DeepL Translation $32.40 billed in 2026-09 keep
Midjourney Midjourney Image generation $30.00 billed in 2026-09 keep
Claude Pro (personal) Anthropic Chat assistant $20.00 billed in 2026-09 cut
ElevenLabs ElevenLabs Voice and audio $0.00 no charge in 2026-09 nothing billed this month
  • GitHub Copilot Business: No 2026-09 charge in your statements; run-rate taken from contracts.csv.
  • Claude Team: No charges or contract price found for this tool; seat price is the vendor list price.
  • ElevenLabs: No charge in 2026-09; last charged 2026-07-09. Confirm it was cancelled.

Seat prices used:

  • ChatGPT Team/Business: $30.00 per seat per month (derived: 2026-09 charge $660.00 / 22 seats)
  • Cursor: $40.00 per seat per month (contract price (contracts.csv row 3))
  • GitHub Copilot Business: $19.00 per seat per month (contract price (contracts.csv row 4))
  • Claude Team: $30.00 per seat per month (assumed: vendor list price $30.00 per seat per month (catalog 2026-10); check your invoice)

Billed spend by month

What your statements and usage exports show, by month. Tools with no charges in your files (estimated above) are not in this table.

Tool Apr 2026 May 2026 Jun 2026 Jul 2026 Aug 2026 Sep 2026 Oct 2026 Total
ChatGPT Team/Business $570.00 $600.00 $630.00 $660.00 $660.00 $660.00 $0.00 $3,780.00
Cursor $480.00 $520.00 $560.00 $560.00 $560.00 $560.00 $0.00 $3,240.00
OpenAI API $398.24 $398.31 $422.63 $441.03 $442.31 $456.72 $0.00 $2,559.24
Anthropic API $240.69 $236.63 $236.94 $246.35 $232.94 $236.29 $0.00 $1,429.84
ChatGPT Pro (personal) $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $200.00 $200.00 $200.00 $0.00 $600.00
Fireflies.ai $90.00 $90.00 $90.00 $90.00 $90.00 $90.00 $0.00 $540.00
ChatGPT Plus (personal) $80.00 $80.00 $100.00 $100.00 $80.00 $80.00 $0.00 $520.00
Jasper $69.00 $69.00 $0.00 $69.00 $69.00 $69.00 $0.00 $345.00
Copy.ai $49.00 $49.00 $49.00 $49.00 $49.00 $49.00 $0.00 $294.00
Perplexity Pro (personal) $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 $40.00 $0.00 $240.00
DeepL $32.40 $32.40 $32.40 $32.40 $32.40 $32.40 $0.00 $194.40
Midjourney $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $60.00 $30.00 $0.00 $210.00
Claude Pro (personal) $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $0.00 $120.00
ElevenLabs $22.00 $22.00 $22.00 $22.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $88.00
Total $2,121.33 $2,187.34 $2,232.97 $2,559.78 $2,535.65 $2,523.41 $0.00 $14,160.48

Spend by vendor

Vendor Monthly run-rate Billed Apr 2026 to Oct 2026 Tools
OpenAI $1,396.72 $7,459.24 ChatGPT Plus (personal), ChatGPT Pro (personal), ChatGPT Team/Business, OpenAI API
Anysphere $560.00 $3,240.00 Cursor
Anthropic $526.29 $1,549.84 Anthropic API, Claude Pro (personal), Claude Team
GitHub $285.00 $0.00 GitHub Copilot Business
Otter.ai $120.00 $0.00 Otter.ai
Fireflies.ai $90.00 $540.00 Fireflies.ai
Jasper $69.00 $345.00 Jasper
Copy.ai $49.00 $294.00 Copy.ai
Perplexity $40.00 $240.00 Perplexity Pro (personal)
DeepL $32.40 $194.40 DeepL
Midjourney $30.00 $210.00 Midjourney
ElevenLabs $0.00 $88.00 ElevenLabs

Spend by team

Seat costs follow the seat holder's team in people.csv. Card charges follow the cardholder. API spend follows the project's team in team-map.csv. Anything without a match is Unassigned.

Team Monthly run-rate Apr 2026 May 2026 Jun 2026 Jul 2026 Aug 2026 Sep 2026 Oct 2026
Engineering $1,270.93 $839.97 $875.98 $922.70 $934.42 $922.55 $925.93 $0.00
Sales $580.18 $454.31 $463.15 $499.56 $516.01 $511.13 $520.18 $0.00
Operations $432.40 $104.22 $106.95 $109.67 $312.40 $312.40 $312.40 $0.00
Marketing $408.00 $319.55 $326.36 $264.18 $340.00 $348.00 $318.00 $0.00
Support $348.66 $286.92 $294.20 $311.87 $327.34 $313.21 $318.66 $0.00
Finance $90.00 $77.73 $81.82 $85.91 $90.00 $90.00 $90.00 $0.00
Unassigned $68.24 $38.63 $38.88 $39.08 $39.61 $38.36 $38.24 $0.00
  • Engineering: Cursor $560.00, GitHub Copilot Business $285.00, Anthropic API $220.31, OpenAI API $85.62, ChatGPT Team/Business $60.00, Claude Team $60.00
  • Sales: ChatGPT Team/Business $210.00, OpenAI API $140.18, Fireflies.ai $90.00, Claude Team $60.00, ChatGPT Plus (personal) $40.00, Perplexity Pro (personal) $40.00
  • Operations: ChatGPT Pro (personal) $200.00, Otter.ai $120.00, ChatGPT Team/Business $60.00, DeepL $32.40, ChatGPT Plus (personal) $20.00
  • Marketing: ChatGPT Team/Business $150.00, Claude Team $90.00, Jasper $69.00, Copy.ai $49.00, Midjourney $30.00, Claude Pro (personal) $20.00
  • Support: OpenAI API $208.66, ChatGPT Team/Business $90.00, Claude Team $30.00, ChatGPT Plus (personal) $20.00
  • Finance: ChatGPT Team/Business $90.00
  • Unassigned: Claude Team $30.00, OpenAI API $22.26, Anthropic API $15.98

Seats

State Seats
Active 38
Inactive 16
Never used 2
Held by leavers 4
Activity unknown 0
Total paid 60
Pending invites (not counted) 2

Idle and leaver seats cost $602.00 a month at the seat prices above.

Pending invites: greg.holt@larkspur.example (ChatGPT Team/Business, chatgpt-team-members.csv row 24); carla.mendes@larkspur.example (ChatGPT Team/Business, chatgpt-team-members.csv row 25). Withdraw any that are no longer wanted.

Seat holders not in people.csv (contractors, shared accounts or a roster gap; confirm each):

Tools doing the same job

  • Chat assistant: ChatGPT Team/Business, Claude Team ($1,270.00 a month in this category, personal plans included).
  • Coding assistant: Cursor, GitHub Copilot Business ($845.00 a month in this category, personal plans included).
  • Model API (pay per use): OpenAI API, Anthropic API ($693.01 a month in this category, personal plans included). Paying for more than one model API is common; no action suggested.
  • Meeting notes: Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai ($210.00 a month in this category, personal plans included).
  • Writing assistant: Jasper, Copy.ai ($118.00 a month in this category, personal plans included).

People with seats on more than one tool in the same category:

Name Team Seats
Chloe Dubois Sales ChatGPT Team/Business (active, 2026-09-24); Claude Team (inactive, 2026-08-05)
Jake Morrison Sales ChatGPT Team/Business (active, 2026-09-30); Claude Team (active, 2026-09-23)
Maya Lindqvist Marketing ChatGPT Team/Business (active, 2026-09-30); Claude Team (active, 2026-09-29)
Olivia Park Marketing ChatGPT Team/Business (active, 2026-09-28); Claude Team (active, 2026-09-27)
Dev Patel Engineering Cursor (active, 2026-09-29); GitHub Copilot Business (active, 2026-09-22)
Hannah Cho Engineering Cursor (active, 2026-09-24); GitHub Copilot Business (active, 2026-09-26)
Ines Duarte Engineering Cursor (active, 2026-09-28); GitHub Copilot Business (inactive, 2026-08-03)
Kofi Mensah Engineering Cursor (active, 2026-09-27); GitHub Copilot Business (inactive, 2026-05-19)
Kyle Benson Engineering Cursor (left company, 2026-07-14); GitHub Copilot Business (left company, 2026-07-10)
Lena Okafor Engineering Cursor (active, 2026-09-26); GitHub Copilot Business (active, 2026-09-29)
Oliver Grant Engineering Cursor (active, 2026-09-25); GitHub Copilot Business (inactive, 2026-07-08)
Priya Nair Engineering Cursor (active, 2026-09-30); GitHub Copilot Business (inactive, 2026-07-21)
Raj Iyer Engineering Cursor (inactive, 2026-08-12); GitHub Copilot Business (never used)
Sam Rivera Engineering Cursor (active, 2026-09-30); GitHub Copilot Business (active, 2026-09-17)
Tomas Varga Engineering Cursor (active, 2026-09-30); GitHub Copilot Business (inactive, 2026-06-30)
Yuki Tanaka Engineering Cursor (active, 2026-09-30); GitHub Copilot Business (inactive, 2026-08-20)

Personal plans paid by company cards

Cardholder Team Plan Monthly Charged since Still billed Company seat in same category
Erin Doyle Operations ChatGPT Plus $20.00 2026-04-18 yes none
Fiona Walsh Sales ChatGPT Plus $20.00 2026-04-16 yes ChatGPT Team/Business (active)
Isla Moreno Sales ChatGPT Plus $20.00 2026-06-05 yes none
Theo Laurent Support ChatGPT Plus $20.00 2026-04-21 yes ChatGPT Team/Business (active)
Zoe Martin Support ChatGPT Plus $20.00 2026-04-27 no, last 2026-07-27 none
Dmitri Volkov Operations ChatGPT Pro $200.00 2026-07-10 yes none
Rosa Klein Marketing Claude Pro $20.00 2026-04-08 yes Claude Team (active)
Diego Santos Sales Perplexity Pro $20.00 2026-04-24 yes ChatGPT Team/Business (active)
Hiro Sato Sales Perplexity Pro $20.00 2026-04-13 yes none

Pay-per-use APIs

OpenAI API

Sep 2026: $456.72. Prior 3-month average: $435.32 (+5%). Usage export total for the period: $2,559.24.

Card charges to this vendor in the same period: $2,715.00 (6 charges). These are not added to spend because the usage export already covers it; the gap is timing (invoices in arrears, prepaid credit).

Project / workspace Team Sep 2026 Period total Evidence
support-bot Support $208.66 $1,136.74 openai-api-usage.csv row 2
sales-email-drafts Sales $140.18 $781.63 openai-api-usage.csv row 4
data-pipeline Engineering $85.62 $501.98 openai-api-usage.csv row 5
Default project Unassigned $22.26 $138.89 openai-api-usage.csv row 6
Model / line item Sep 2026 Period total
gpt-4.1-mini $281.87 $1,567.91
gpt-4.1 $162.44 $920.52
text-embedding-3-small $12.41 $70.81

Anthropic API

Sep 2026: $236.29. Prior 3-month average: $238.74 (-1%). Usage export total for the period: $1,429.84.

Card charges to this vendor in the same period: $2,500.00 (5 charges). These are not added to spend because the usage export already covers it; the gap is timing (invoices in arrears, prepaid credit).

Project / workspace Team Sep 2026 Period total Evidence
product-search Engineering $220.31 $1,335.93 anthropic-console-usage.csv row 2
Default Unassigned $15.98 $93.91 anthropic-console-usage.csv row 4
Model / line item Sep 2026 Period total
claude-sonnet-4-5 $206.61 $1,256.52
claude-haiku-4-5 $29.68 $173.32

Renewals

Tool Renews Cycle Value Notice Decide by Owner In next 90 days
Otter.ai 2026-11-20 annual $1,440.00 30 days 2026-10-21 Ana Ruiz yes
GitHub Copilot Business 2027-02-01 monthly $285.00 0 days 2027-02-01 Priya Nair no

Next expected monthly charges (from the charge pattern):

  • ChatGPT Team/Business: about 2026-10-03 ($660.00)
  • Cursor: about 2026-10-12 ($560.00)
  • ChatGPT Pro (personal): about 2026-10-10 ($200.00)
  • Fireflies.ai: about 2026-10-25 ($90.00)
  • Jasper: about 2026-10-20 ($69.00)
  • Copy.ai: about 2026-10-07 ($49.00)
  • DeepL: about 2026-10-05 ($32.40)
  • Midjourney: about 2026-10-14 ($30.00)
  • Claude Pro (personal): about 2026-10-08 ($20.00)

Billing problems and things to confirm

  • Possible double charge: MIDJOURNEY INC. charged 2 times on 2026-08-14 to Olivia Park ($30.00 each, $30.00 extra). amex-corporate-2026-04-to-08.csv row 119; amex-corporate-2026-04-to-08.csv row 120. Ask the vendor for a refund if it is a duplicate.
  • ElevenLabs: no charge since 2026-07-09 ($88.00 in the period). Confirm it was cancelled and not moved to another card. amex-corporate-2026-04-to-08.csv row 88.
  • Possibly an AI tool, not in the catalog: Beautiful.Ai, 7 charges, $84.00 USD in the period, last 2026-09-11. amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 12; amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv row 38. If it is AI spend, add it to contracts.csv and rerun.
  • OpenAI API project 'Default project' has no team ($22.26 in Sep 2026). Add it to team-map.csv. openai-api-usage.csv row 6.
  • Anthropic API project 'Default' has no team ($15.98 in Sep 2026). Add it to team-map.csv. anthropic-console-usage.csv row 4.
  • Left out: SYNTHESIA LTD 29.00 GBP (ops-eu-card.csv row 14): no exchange rate for GBP in fx-rates.csv.

Data used

File Read as Rows used Notes
fx-rates.csv fx 1 of 1
people.csv people 51 of 51
team-map.csv team_map 5 of 5
contracts.csv contracts 4 of 4
amex-corporate-2026-04-to-08.csv card 84 of 130
amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv card 16 of 52 17 duplicate rows dropped
anthropic-console-usage.csv api_usage (Anthropic API) 549 of 549
chatgpt-team-members.csv seats (ChatGPT Team/Business) 24 of 24
claude-team-members.csv seats (Claude Team) 9 of 9
cursor-team-members.csv seats (Cursor) 14 of 14
github-copilot-seat-usage.csv seats (GitHub Copilot Business) 15 of 15
openai-api-usage.csv api_usage (OpenAI API) 915 of 915
ops-eu-card.csv card 6 of 13
  • amex-corporate-2026-08-to-09.csv: 17 rows repeat rows from another file (overlapping exports) and were counted once

Method

  • Run-rate per tool: an annual contract spread over 12 months; otherwise the amount billed in Sep 2026; otherwise a monthly contract; otherwise paid seats x seat price.
  • Seat price: the contracts.csv price, else the latest monthly charge divided by paid seats, else the vendor list price in tools/catalog.json (labelled as assumed).
  • A seat is inactive after 30 days with no recorded activity, never used when the export has an activity column but no date for that person, and a leaver seat when people.csv marks the person as left or past their end date. Pending invites are not counted as paid.
  • When a vendor's usage export is present, card charges to that vendor are shown for reconciliation and not added again.
  • Statement rows that repeat across two files (overlapping exports) are counted once. Identical rows inside one file are kept and flagged as a possible double charge.
  • Savings assume the seat or plan is removed before the next charge. Annual contracts only save at renewal.

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