Tag: ai-cost

4 posts tagged with "ai-cost"

• Microsoft 365 Copilot ROI Calculator: The Honest Math

  April 24, 2026

  Forrester says 353% ROI. Microsoft's own RCT says 0.5 hours per week. The interactive calculator below uses RCT-grounded defaults and shows exactly which lever your business case depends on.

• Azure OpenAI PTU vs PAYG: The Real Break-Even Table

  March 5, 2026

  Break-even calculators say PTU wins at 150M tokens per month. Real-world utilization breaks that math. Here is the actual table from Microsoft's PTU throughput data, with the utilization curve most architects miss.

• Claude on Azure: The Marketplace Billing Trap

  February 26, 2026

  Three startup founders reported $1,600 to $13,000 in surprise Claude bills on Azure. Microsoft locked the Q&A thread. Here is exactly how the marketplace billing model breaks startup credits, where Claude Opus 4.7 actually deploys, and what architects must verify before going live.

• AI Copilots vs Custom AI on Azure: When to Build and When to Buy

  February 25, 2026

  Real cost math comparing Microsoft Copilot at $30/user/month to Azure OpenAI at pennies per query. Decision framework for architects choosing build vs buy.