AcmeOps AI · Simulator
Pick the action that protects gross margin
Northstar Logistics tripped the 120% AI budget guardrail and is unprofitable. Costara compares three actions: routing change, overage charge, or plan price increase. The recommended action protects gross margin with the smallest customer impact.
Current state: Northstar Logistics
The starting numbers for this month, before any action is taken.
Status
Northstar Logistics is unprofitable this month. AI cost exceeds revenue.
- Monthly revenue
- $9,000
- AI cost
- $11,090
- Gross margin
- -$2,090
- Gross margin %
- -23.2%
Recommended action
The primary action Costara recommends to protect gross margin this month.
Primary action · Routing change
Route 80% of Contract Analyzer traffic from Claude Opus 4.7 to Claude Sonnet 4.6
Most Contract Analyzer prompts are extraction and clause comparison. Sonnet 4.6 handles those at 1/5 the price. Keep Opus 4.7 for the 20% of prompts requiring deep reasoning. Route 80% of Northstar Logistics's Contract Analyzer traffic from Claude Opus 4.7 to Claude Sonnet 4.6.
Today, without action
Northstar Logistics
-23.2%
gross margin
- Revenue
- $9,000
- AI cost
- $11,090
- Gross margin
- -$2,090
With the recommended routing change
Northstar Logistics
+40.8%
gross margin
- Revenue
- $9,000
- AI cost
- $5,330
- Gross margin
- +$3,670
Monthly AI cost saved
$5,760
Gross margin improvement
+64%
Costara payback
One recommendation pays for Costara almost four times over.
AcmeOps AI pays $1,500/month for Costara. This single routing change saves $5,760/month on AI cost.
Monthly savings
$5,760
Costara price
$1,500 / month
Pays for itself
3.8x / month
Annualized: $69,120 saved against $18,000 in Costara fees.
Other actions considered
Costara also evaluates these alternative actions and reports their projected impact on gross margin.
Overage charge
Charge AI overage at cost
Bill Northstar Logistics for AI usage above the $3,000 monthly allowance, at a 1.00x pass-through rate. Cost is unchanged. Revenue rises to cover the overage.
Before
- Revenue
- $9,000
- AI cost
- $11,090
- Gross margin
- -$2,090
- Margin %
- -23.2%
After
- Revenue
- $17,090
- AI cost
- $11,090
- Gross margin
- +$6,000
- Margin %
- +35.1%
Monthly AI cost saved
$0
Gross margin improvement
+58.3%
Plan price increase
Increase Northstar Logistics's plan price by 30%
Raise Northstar Logistics's monthly subscription from $9,000 to $11,700. Cost is unchanged. The recovery comes entirely from price.
Before
- Revenue
- $9,000
- AI cost
- $11,090
- Gross margin
- -$2,090
- Margin %
- -23.2%
After
- Revenue
- $11,700
- AI cost
- $11,090
- Gross margin
- +$610
- Margin %
- +5.2%
Monthly AI cost saved
$0
Gross margin improvement
+28.4%
Next step
Apply the recommended routing change.
The dashboard tracks margin after the change lands. The guardrails page clears the alert once the tenant drops back under 120% of budget. The demo walkthrough carries the full story end to end.