# Optimize your AI spend

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How Zapier can help you with value-maxxing, not token-maxxing

When you don't keep an eye on your AI costs, the monthly bill can be somewhere between concerning and debilitating.

Of course, if those tokens are actually doing inference work, it might be worth it. But some workflows don't need AI, just a little deterministic automation. And when you do need AI, you want to be able to pick the model that costs the least while still giving you the results you need. Here's how to handle both situations on Zapier.

Optimize your spend

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