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Usage's Insured Commitments enabled us to access the highest AWS savings rates without the risk of long-term commitments.
Ali Salihoglu
Special Projects Lead, Blank Street
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The platform is free
Pay
nothing
until
we
save
you
something.
A small percentage of realized cloud savings on AWS, Azure, and GCP. We make money only when you do that's why we can skip the platform fee, the contract, and the surprises.
Pay nothing until
we save you
something.
A small percentage of realized cloud savings on AWS, Azure,
and GCP. We make money only when you do that's why
we can skip the platform fee, the contract, and the surprises.
$1B+ saved. 300+ happy customers on
AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Your cloud bill,
now a paycheck.
Usage.ai, Inc.
548 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Check No.
2026‑04‑0317
2026‑04‑0317
Date
04/30/2026
Pay to the
order of
order of
Your AWS account
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40,000
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The economics
80% of realized savings
80% of realized savings
returned to your budget.
At $20,000/mo cloud spend, that's $8,000 in savings each month.
Back to your cloud budget
$6,800
Our share only when you save
$1,200
Try it with your numbers
Drag to your monthly cloud spend.
Monthly spend
$20,000/mo
$20K$250K$500K$750K$1M
Your monthly savings
$8,000
Straight back to your cloud budget
Our fee
$1,200
A small percentage of realized savings · only when you save
Real savings every month and if usage drops, you keep more of it.
A sample dashboard from a customer's last 30 days. Three clouds, one ledger, full cashback on every dollar of underutilization.
Sample dashboard
Savings per service · last 30 days
Service Util Savings Fee Cashback Net Fee Sub Total
Compute Savings Plan
AWS · production accounts
98%
$76,907.91
$15,381.58
−$307.63
$15,073.95
$61,833.96
Compute Savings Plan
Azure · subscription pool
100%
$645.34
$129.07
$0.00
$129.07
$516.27
Compute Flexible CUD
GCP · us-central1 · 1-yr term
91%
$4,231.72
$846.34
−$103.45
$742.89
$3,488.83
Monthly Total
All services combined
$81,784.97
$16,356.99
−$411.08
$15,945.91
$65,839.06
The economics
80% of realized savings
80% of realized savings
returned to your budget.
At $100,000/mo cloud spend, that's $40,000 in savings each month.
Back to your cloud budget
$32,000
Our share — only when you save
$8,000
Try it with your numbers
Drag to your monthly cloud spend.
Monthly spend
$100,000/mo
$20K$250K$500K$1M
Your monthly savings
$40,000
Straight back to your cloud budget
Our fee
$8,000
~20% of realized savings · only when you save
Real savings every month — and if usage drops, you keep more of it.
A sample dashboard from a customer's last 30 days. Three clouds, one ledger, full cashback on every dollar of underutilization.
Sample dashboard
Savings per service · last 30 days
Service
Util
Savings
Fee
Cashback
Net Fee
Sub Total
Compute Savings Plan
AWS · production accounts
98%
$76,907.91
$15,381.58
−$307.63
$15,073.95
$61,833.96
Compute Savings Plan
Azure · subscription pool
100%
$645.34
$129.07
$0.00
$129.07
$516.27
Compute Flexible CUD
GCP · us-central1 · 1-yr term
91%
$4,231.72
$846.34
−$103.45
$742.89
$3,488.83
Monthly Total
All services combined
$81,784.97
$16,356.99
−$411.08
$15,945.91
$65,839.06
The product
Commit
Commit
aggressively.
Reverse instantly.
The same 40–60% discount you'd earn from a Reserved Instance, Savings Plan, or CUD with every dollar of unused capacity netted against your fees and the balance refunded, plus a full buyback if your roadmap shifts.
Compute, databases, ML, analytics across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
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01
Cashback on underuse.
Every dollar of unused commitment is netted against fees you owe us — and any remainder comes back as cash. Automatically, every month.
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02
Full buyback, anytime.
Roadmap changed? We buy back what we placed. No multi-year lock-in. No exit penalty.
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03
Every cloud, every commit.
AWS, Azure, GCP compute, databases, ML, analytics. One workspace, one model.
The product
Commit
Commit
aggressively.
Reverse instantly.
The same 40–60% discount you'd earn from a Reserved Instance, Savings Plan, or CUD with every dollar of unused capacity netted against your fees and the balance refunded, plus a full buyback if your roadmap shifts.
Compute, databases, ML, analytics across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
-
01
Cashback on underuse.
Every dollar of unused commitment is netted against fees you owe us — and any remainder comes back as cash. Automatically, every month.
-
02
Full buyback, anytime.
Roadmap changed? We buy back what we placed. No multi-year lock-in. No exit penalty.
-
03
Every cloud, every commit.
AWS, Azure, GCP compute, databases, ML, analytics. One workspace, one model.
The product
Commit
Commit
aggressively.
Reverse instantly.
The same 40–60% discount you'd earn from a Reserved Instance, Savings Plan, or CUD — with every dollar of unused capacity netted against your fees and the balance refunded, plus a full buyback if your roadmap shifts.
Compute, databases, ML, analytics — across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
-
01
Cashback on underuse.
Every dollar of unused commitment is netted against fees you owe us — and any remainder comes back as cash. Automatically, every month.
-
02
Full buyback, anytime.
Roadmap changed? We buy back what we placed. No multi-year lock-in. No exit penalty.
-
03
Every cloud, every commit.
AWS, Azure, GCP — compute, databases, ML, analytics. One workspace, one model.
The metric we introduced
ESR tells you what you saved.
ESR tells you what you saved.
ICR tells you what you kept.
Effective Savings Rate (ESR) is the FinOps standard for measuring commitment ROI, introduced by ProsperOps in 2019. It works — until usage drops. Then ESR can go negative, and has been recorded at −9% in real AWS accounts.
We introduced Insured Commitment Rate (ICR) — a savings metric that adds cashback recovery to the numerator. ICR can never go negative when cashback covers underutilization. It's the savings floor that ESR can't give you.
ESR — the standard
Savings
On-Demand Equivalent Spend
Can go negative when usage drops. No floor.
ICR — what we introduced
Savings + Cashback
On-Demand Equivalent Spend
Cashback is real money — not vendor-locked credits. Floors at zero.
Usage drops 25% mid-quarter
ESR
17%
→
ICR with cashback
22%
$41K returned to your budget that month. $492K annualized — what ESR misses.
The metric we introduced
ESR tells you what you saved.
ESR tells you what you saved.
ICR tells you what you kept.
Effective Savings Rate (ESR) is the FinOps standard for measuring commitment ROI, introduced by ProsperOps in 2019. It works — until usage drops. Then ESR can go negative, and has been recorded at −9% in real AWS accounts.
We introduced Insured Commitment Rate (ICR) — a savings metric that adds cashback recovery to the numerator. ICR can never go negative when cashback covers underutilization. It's the savings floor that ESR can't give you.
ESR — the standard
Savings
On-Demand Equivalent Spend
Can go negative when usage drops. No floor.
ICR — what we introduced
Savings + Cashback
On-Demand Equivalent Spend
Cashback is real money — not vendor-locked credits. Floors at zero.
Usage drops 25% mid-quarter
ESR
17%
→
ICR with cashback
22%
$41K returned to your budget that month. $492K annualized — what ESR misses.
Why Usage.ai
What makes Usage.ai
What makes Usage.ai
different.
The differences that matter on a procurement call.
Usage.ai
Other RI/SP managers
Native cloud only
Pricing
How you're charged
% of realized savings
Significantly below industry standard · only when we save you money
% of savings + fees
Varies by vendor
On-demand or commitment
Hourly or upfront 1–3 yr
Platform / minimum fee
$0 — pay as we save
Often charged
Minimums, premiums, or setup
$0 — but no upside
Where the fee appears
Your AWS, Azure & GCP bill
Single line item via cloud marketplace — no new vendor, no new MSA, no new AP setup
Direct invoice
Typically a net new vendor in procurement
N/A
No third-party savings to bill
Risk & flexibility
Cashback for unused commitment
100% returned
Netted against fees owed first, balance refunded as cash only — monthly
Partial / capped
Cashback often limited to a share of underuse
Pay full price for unused capacity
Commitment flexibility
Exit anytime
Continuously rebalanced for your usage
Variable terms
Often shorter than native, but exit terms vary
1- or 3-year lock-in
No early exit, no rebalancing
Insurance-backed
Coverage & speed
Multicloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
One workspace, one model
Often AWS-first
Multicloud parity varies
Separate per provider
Time to first savings
15 minutes
Read-only billing access
Days to weeks
Onboarding + procurement cycle
DIY
Internal team build
Comparison reflects publicly available information about category vendors as of 2026. Specific terms vary by vendor and contract — request a head-to-head deck for your stack.
Why Usage.ai
What makes Usage.ai
What makes Usage.ai
different.
The differences that matter on a procurement call.
Usage.ai
YOU ARE HERE
Other RI/SP managers
Third-party commitment platforms
Native cloud only
AWS · Azure · GCP commitments
Pricing
How you're charged
~20% of realized savings
Only when we save you money
% of savings + fees
Varies by vendor
On-demand or commitment
Hourly or upfront 1–3 yr
Platform / minimum fee
$0 — pay as we save
Often charged
Minimums, premiums, or setup
$0 — but no upside
Where the fee appears
Your AWS, Azure & GCP bill
Single line item via cloud marketplace — no new vendor, no new MSA, no new AP setup
Direct invoice
Typically a net new vendor in procurement
N/A
No third-party savings to bill
Risk & flexibility
Cashback for unused commitment
100% returned
Netted against fees owed first, balance refunded as cash only — monthly
Partial / capped
Cashback often limited to a share of underuse
Pay full price for unused capacity
Commitment flexibility
Exit anytime
Continuously rebalanced for your usage
Variable terms
Often shorter than native, but exit terms vary
1- or 3-year lock-in
No early exit, no rebalancing
Insurance-backed
Coverage & speed
Multicloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
One workspace, one model
Often AWS-first
Multicloud parity varies
Separate per provider
Time to first savings
15 minutes
Read-only billing access
Days to weeks
Onboarding + procurement cycle
DIY
Internal team build
Comparison reflects publicly available information about category vendors as of 2026. Specific terms vary by vendor and contract — request a head-to-head deck for your stack.
What our customers say about us
300+ teams · $300M+ saved
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We saved $1M in our first year with Usage. No engineering work, no contracts, no surprises.
Daniel
CEO, FabFitFun
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Same savings as a 3-year AWS commitment, with a commitment 36 times smaller.
Compliance platform
Featured customer, Secureframe
$91M+ saved · 300+ teams
What customers tell us.
We saved $1M in our first year with Usage. No engineering work, no contracts, no surprises.
DA
Daniel
Engineering, FabFitFun
Same savings as a 3-year AWS commitment, with a commitment 36 times smaller.
SM
Shrav Mehta
CEO, Secureframe
Usage's Insured Commitments enabled us to access the highest AWS savings rates without the risk of long-term commitments.
AS
Ali Salihoglu
Special Projects, Blank Street
Motive
Secureframe
Blank Street
FabFitFun
EVgo
Order
Rhinodox
$91M+ saved · 300+ teams
What customers tell us.
Motive recovered $5.2M annually. EVgo (NASDAQ: EVGO) saved $2.3M. Across 300+ teams, Usage.ai has delivered $91M+ in verified savings.
We saved $1M in our first year with Usage. No engineering work, no contracts, no surprises.
DA
Daniel
Engineering, FabFitFun
Same savings as a 3-year AWS commitment, with a commitment 36 times smaller.
SM
Shrav Mehta
CEO, Secureframe
Usage's Insured Commitments enabled us to access the highest AWS savings rates without the risk of long-term commitments.
AS
Ali Salihoglu
Special Projects, Blank Street
Motive
Secureframe
Blank Street
FabFitFun
EVgo
Order
Rhinodox
RISK-FREE COMMITMENTS
If we don't save you money,
If we don't save you money,
you don't pay us. Ever.
Read-only at the billing layer. Fifteen minutes to install. Cancel anytime — we buy back what we placed.
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Common questions
Questions, answered.
Everything teams ask before turning on Usage.ai. If your question isn't here, our team is one click away.
01How does Usage.ai save us money on top of native AWS, Azure, or GCP?+
We continuously buy and rebalance Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Committed Use Discounts on your behalf based on your actual usage patterns, not forecasts. Most teams see 30–50% savings on covered workloads. The commitments live in your account; Usage.ai handles the timing, laddering, and rebalancing automatically — across every cloud you use.
02What happens if our usage drops? Are we stuck with commitments we don't need?+
This is the core of our Usage Flex Insured Commitments model. If your usage drops below the commitment, we first net the unused portion against any fees you owe us that month — and refund the balance as cash. So if you used less than expected, your invoice from us shrinks or disappears and any remainder lands back in your budget.
03How are you different from Archera or ProsperOps?+
We share a category, but the model is different in two ways. 1. Cashback guarantee on every dollar of underuse. Most platforms charge premiums or fixed fees and pass commitment risk back to you. We absorb it. 2. We only charge a percentage of realized savings. If we don't save you money, you don't pay us.
04Do we have to give up our existing AWS, Azure, or GCP commitments?+
No. Usage.ai works alongside any commitments you already hold. We layer additional optimization on top of your existing RIs, Savings Plans, or CUDs to capture savings on the rest of your spend.
05We have an EDP, MACC, or PPA negotiated with our cloud provider. How does Usage.ai interact with that?+
Our optimization stacks on top of your private pricing — it doesn't replace it. Native commitment discounts apply against your already-negotiated rates. Reported savings are calculated net of your private pricing, so you see the genuine incremental impact.
06What's the security model? Do you have access to our cloud workloads?+
Read-only access to your billing and usage data, plus a scoped role to purchase commitments on your behalf. We never have access to your workloads, secrets, or production infrastructure. Usage.ai is SOC 2 Type II certified.
07How is the ~20% fee calculated, when do you bill, and where does it appear?+
It's calculated against realized savings — the difference between what you would have paid at on-demand rates and what you actually paid under the commitments we managed. The fee is billed through your existing AWS, Azure, or GCP marketplace contract.
08No platform fee, no contract, full cashback — how do you make this work?+
Two things make the model sustainable. First, we only earn when you save. Second, we operate at scale across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The trade is: you don't pay a platform fee or carry commitment risk; we don't earn on customers we fail to save money for.
