Predictable pricing, no matter how much AI you use.

Pricing FAQ

How is Behest priced?

Behest is a software license, not a per-token markup. Start on the Free evaluation tier, then move to a quote-based Growth, Business, or Enterprise plan sized to your annual AI spend. On paid plans you can bring your own provider keys or use models through Behest at pass-through cost.

How much does Behest cost?

Behest is a SaaS license, not a per-token markup. Start free with an evaluation sandbox, then choose a quote-based Growth, Business, or Enterprise plan sized to your annual AI spend.

When does Behest pay off, and when should I just stay on Free?

As a rule of thumb, Behest pays off once your AI spend crosses ~$300K/yr. At that size, knowing who spent what, matching it to the invoice, and stopping overruns saves more than the license costs. Below that, the free tools from your AI providers likely cover you. Start on the Free tier and move up as your AI spend grows.

Which Behest plan is right for my AI spend?

Pick by your annual AI spend: Free is a no-cost evaluation sandbox; Growth fits ~$300K–$1M/yr; Business fits ~$1M–$5M/yr; and Enterprise fits $5M+/yr, or teams with strict rules on where data lives, how personal data is handled, or what auditors need to see. Those bands are your AI spend, not a Behest price. Behest is a quote-based SaaS license, so book a demo for a quote.

Do you mark up my tokens or take a cut of my AI spend?

No. Behest is a SaaS license, not a token-markup business. Bring your own provider keys and the providers bill you directly. Behest measures usage so you can see who spent what and hold budgets, and it never adds a per-token markup.

Can Behest reduce our AI spend?

Yes, in two ways. Budgets and per-team visibility stop overruns before the invoice arrives. And cost-aware routing sends each request to the cheapest model that meets your quality bar, for up to ~30% savings depending on use case. Because Behest is a flat license, none of those savings go back out as a percentage-of-spend fee.

How do I know the numbers are right?

Reconcile your AI spend against the real provider invoice, so finance and engineering are looking at the same number. Behest shows the gap between what it measured and what the provider actually billed, so the costs you assign to each team hold up.

What's included in the free tier?

The free tier is a capped sandbox for trying Behest on one project. It has daily token and request limits, runs on a model Behest provides (Gemini 2.5 Flash / Pro on Vertex AI) rather than your own keys, and comes with community support. It is for evaluation, not production. For production use, book a demo to find the right paid plan.

Can I bring my own LLM keys?

Yes. On the paid plans you bring your own keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and others. They bill you directly, so every dollar is easy to assign to a team, while Behest tracks usage, holds budgets, and applies your policies.

Where does my data live? Can I self-host?

Behest runs as SaaS in our cloud by default on every plan. Self-hosting is an Enterprise-tier option: run Behest in your own cloud so prompts, completions, and provider keys stay in your environment. Self-hosting is an option, never a requirement.

Is there a contract or commitment?

The free tier has no contract. Use it to evaluate Behest for as long as you like, though it is for testing, not production. Paid plans are annual licenses, so your price stays predictable for the year.

How do I estimate my AI cost exposure before choosing a plan?

Use Behest's free AI Cost Exposure Calculator to estimate your annual AI cost exposure in about two minutes, no signup required. It shows what unmanaged AI usage could be costing you, so you can pick the right plan.