# AI usage, cost and governance controls | ReadyIntelligence

> See how your AI assistant is used, what it costs and what members make of its answers, and control exactly what it can see and do.

Source: https://readyintelligence.com/pricing/usage-cost-control.html

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# Usage & cost control

See how the assistant is used, what it costs and what members make of its answers, and decide exactly what it can see and do.

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## See what's working

Every conversation is measured, so you can see where the assistant helps, what members ask for and where a gap in your content is letting them down.

- Thumbs-up and thumbs-down feedback on every answer
- Usage across your assistants, agents and conversations
- Feedback and activity flow into your CRM as member engagement

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## No surprises on cost

Track AI usage against your plan's allowance, broken down by activity, and set limits so spend never runs away from you.

- Usage and cost tracked per activity, assistant and agent
- Warning alerts as you approach your allowance
- Hard limits that pause activity until the next period

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## You're always in control

You decide what each assistant knows, who can use it and what it's allowed to do, and your existing permissions govern everything staff do through it.

- Each assistant only ever uses the sources and tools you give it
- Staff actions run under each person's own permissions, and are logged
- Fine-grained roles for who can manage agents, data, knowledge and more

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## Explore more of the platform

- [Pricing   RI: Insights from £15,000 a year and RI: Concierge from £5,000 a year.  Learn more](https://readyintelligence.com/pricing.html)
- [Security   SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, GDPR-compliant and permission-aware by design.  Learn more](https://readyintelligence.com/platform/security.html)
- [Data & insights   Ask your membership data questions in plain English and get charts, trends and next steps back.  Learn more](https://readyintelligence.com/platform/data-insights.html)

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## Related reading

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- [GuideHow ReadyIntelligence pricing worksSee how pricing works →](https://readyintelligence.com/resource/how-readyintelligence-pricing-works.html)
- [GuideHow to choose an AI platform: a buyer's checklistGet the checklist →](https://readyintelligence.com/resource/how-to-choose-an-ai-platform-for-your-association.html)

## Common questions

What happens when we reach our credit allowance?

You'll get warning alerts as you approach it. You can then top up with additional annual credit bundles, from 250,000 to 50,000,000 credits, or rely on hard limits that pause activity until the next period, so spend never runs away from you.

Can we see what people ask the assistant?

Yes. Conversations are recorded and available in the admin, handled in a privacy-conscious way. You can see which questions come up most, where the assistant is performing well and where there are gaps in your content.

How does the permissions model work?

ReadyIntelligence operates on a default-deny model — the assistant only sees data sources that have been explicitly configured and permissioned. On top of that, it checks each user's access rights at the point of query, so members and staff only ever receive information they are already authorised to see. You can widen access gradually as your confidence in the platform grows.

Who can see what?

ReadyIntelligence is permission-aware: it applies the access rules you already have, so members-only and staff-only information stays that way.

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