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Cost / Spend / Budget

See what your AI actually costs.

A monthly workspace budget with a soft-stop at 80% and a hard pause at 100%. Per-answer receipts on every reply.

What it is

Cost is Lorah's spend safety-rail. Set a monthly workspace cap. See what every reply cost. Get a warning before you cross the line and a hard pause when you do.

Unlike a provider bill that lands weeks later, Lorah makes cost visible at the moment of decision — so you don't discover a runaway session in a statement.

How it works

  1. 1

    Set a monthly cap.

    One number, one workspace, one month. No credit card involved — this is your ceiling, not a payment.

  2. 2

    Soft-stop at 80%.

    Lorah shows a banner across the app so you can course-correct before the cap.

  3. 3

    Hard pause at 100%.

    New sends are paused. You can always “Send anyway” on a single reply if you need to keep moving.

  4. 4

    Per-answer receipts.

    Every response carries the cost inline — no monthly-statement surprises.

Try it now

Things to try right now in the app.

Set a $50 monthly cap
Open Settings → Budget, drop in a number. Lorah starts counting month-to-date spend against it.
Look at a Council response
Each teammate’s reply carries a cost chip. See the price gap between models on the same question.
Hit 80% on purpose
Set a tiny cap ($1) and run a few replies. Watch the warn banner and the hard-pause behaviour kick in.

Where to find it

Settings → Budget
Set the monthly cap. See month-to-date spend + progress. This is the primary controls surface.
Budget banner
Appears at the top of the app when you cross 80% or reach the cap.
Inside every reply
A per-answer cost chip appears under each teammate’s response.
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