Usage.ai automates AWS, Azure and GCP commitments with Cashback protection. Pricing is a share of new savings, with no upfront fee. Read the full review.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
Usage.ai is a cloud commitment management and cost optimization platform for AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. It automates the planning, buying and monitoring of discount commitments such as Savings Plans, Reserved Instances and Committed Use Discounts, so teams can lower on-demand spend without handling each purchase manually.
Its main offering is Flex Insured Commitments, which pair automated purchasing with Cashback protection for eligible unused commitment value when usage drops. The company was founded in 2020 in New York and reports more than 300 companies as customers and over $300M saved for them across its history.
Setup begins by connecting billing and usage data with read-only access. Usage.ai then analyzes usage patterns and existing commitments to identify eligible savings opportunities. Teams review the recommendations in Copilot or enable Autopilot, which executes eligible purchases within controls the customer sets. Purchasing permissions are added only when optimization is enabled.
Afterward, Usage.ai reassesses demand as usage changes. FlexCadence spreads purchases over time so later decisions can reflect shifts in demand, and a dashboard tracks commitment utilization and protection applied. Commitments are bought in the customer's own cloud account, and the automation works at the billing layer without touching production workloads.
Autopilot buys and adjusts eligible commitments automatically, while Copilot shows each recommendation with projected savings for manual approval. Teams set the level of automation for every supported service and can switch between the two. FlexCadence staggers purchases, and AI insights rank savings opportunities by impact across compute, databases and other services.
Cashback is the distinguishing feature. It offsets qualifying underutilization on eligible Flex Insured Commitments, paid as cash, cloud credits or a billing adjustment, as the customer agreement defines. Coverage includes AWS Compute and Database Savings Plans and Reserved Instances, Azure Savings Plans, and Google Cloud Committed Use Discounts, with 1 and 3 year terms.
Usage.ai is a cloud commitment management and cost optimization platform for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. It automates buying discount commitments and offers Cashback protection on eligible unused value through Flex Insured Commitments.
Usage.ai charges a share of the new savings it generates, with no upfront platform fee or subscription. The percentage is not published on the site. A personalized assessment shows projected savings, the fee and expected net savings.
No. The company states that if it generates no new savings, the customer pays nothing. Savings from commitments already in place are excluded from the fee.
If usage drops, Cashback offsets the eligible unused portion of qualifying Flex Insured Commitments. It may be paid as cash, cloud credits or a billing adjustment according to the customer agreement.
No. The site states commitment automation works at the billing and purchasing layer and cannot start, stop, resize or modify production workloads. Analysis begins with read-only billing and usage access.
Yes. Copilot mode shows each recommendation with its projected savings for approval, while Autopilot executes eligible purchases within set controls. The choice is made per service and can be changed.
It supports AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. That covers Savings Plans and Reserved Instances on AWS, Savings Plans on Azure, and Committed Use Discounts on Google Cloud, with 1 and 3 year terms.
The pricing page says connecting accounts takes about 15 minutes and analysis begins right away. It also says most teams see first savings opportunities within the first day.