For CFOs & Finance Leaders

Cut AI Agent Costs by Up to 10×

Swap in lower-cost models like DeepSeek, curate toolboxes to shrink the context window, cap spend per workspace, and stay vendor-independent — without giving up PII redaction, policy enforcement, or audit. Up to 10× cost reduction.

Four levers on the AI bill — without giving up governance

Every ContextGate proxy decouples the policy layer from the backing model. That lets you move cost without moving risk.

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Swap in lower-cost models

Route any governed proxy to a cheaper backing model — DeepSeek-V3.1, open-source models on OpenRouter, or your own self-hosted endpoint. Same policies, fraction of the per-token cost.

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Shrink the context window

Toolboxes only ship the MCP tool definitions an agent actually needs. Prompt baselines drop from 100k+ tokens to a fraction, on every call, forever.

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Cap spend per workspace

Set a hard USD ceiling per workspace. When the cap is hit, new requests are rejected — no surprise overage on the model vendor invoice next month.

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Stay vendor-independent

Policies, audit, and PII redaction live in ContextGate — not in the model vendor. Switch from OpenAI to Anthropic to DeepSeek without rebuilding the governance layer.

Technique 1 · Context window optimisation

Stop paying for tool definitions your agent never calls

Wiring a raw MCP server into an agent dumps every tool definition into every prompt — even tools the agent will never use. ContextGate toolboxes let you pick the handful that matter and discard the rest. The savings compound across every call, every day.

Before · Raw MCP114,200 tokens
  • Salesforce MCP (full suite)38,400
  • GitHub MCP (867 tools)41,200
  • Slack MCP12,800
  • HubSpot MCP14,600
  • Linear MCP7,200

Every call ships this whole context. Pay for it on every turn.

After · Curated toolbox3,650 tokens
  • Salesforce: create_lead, update_opportunity1,800
  • GitHub: create_issue, comment_on_pr1,400
  • Slack: send_message450

Only the tools the agent actually needs. Same agent, smaller prompt.

−97%prompt baseline reduction, applied to every call this agent ever makes
Technique 2 · Reliability without rerunning

Cheap models don't have to mean broken agents

When a cheaper model trips a policy check, ContextGate can auto-retry against the same model with the policy feedback injected — up to 3 attempts per rule. The agent fixes itself. No human in the loop, no rebuild every time you swap a backing LLM.

Attempt 1Warn
InSummarise this customer call.
Out…The customer, Sarah Jenkins (sarah.j@acme.com, +1-555-0142), is unhappy with…

Policy warn · PII detected in output (EMAIL, PHONE)

Auto-retryRetry
InSame prompt + policy feedback injected: "Remove customer PII (email, phone) before returning."
Out(model regenerates against the same backing LLM)

Policy feedback sent back into the model — no human in the loop

Attempt 2Pass
Out…The customer, [REDACTED_NAME] ([REDACTED_EMAIL], [REDACTED_PHONE]), is unhappy with…

Policy pass · Response delivered to caller

Technique 3 · Spend ceilings

Set a budget. Hit it. Stop.

Every workspace has a hard USD spend ceiling. When it's hit, ContextGate rejects new requests with a 402 — agents can't burn through the budget while nobody's looking. One workspace per team or business unit, one budget each.

Finance OpsActive
$1,247 spentof $2,000 cap
RevOpsActive
$420 spentof $1,500 cap
Clinical Research402 · Capped
$3,000 spentof $3,000 cap · new requests rejected
Technique 4 · No vendor lock-in

Swap the LLM. Keep the governance.

Your PII redaction, policy rules, audit trail, and retry logic live in ContextGate — not in the model vendor. When a new model lands at 1/10th the price, you swap one config field. Same governance, same compliance posture, new bill.

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ContextGate governance layerPolicy · PII redaction · Retry · Audit · Spend cap
↓ same governance, swappable backend ↓
OpenAI · GPT-4o$5.00 / 1M in · $15.00 / 1M out
Anthropic · Claude Sonnet 4.6$3.00 / 1M in · $15.00 / 1M out
DeepSeek · V3.1 (via OpenRouter)$0.27 / 1M in · $1.10 / 1M out
Self-hosted Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B~$830/mo flat (A100, business hours)

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