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Stanis Leonov
Stanis Leonov

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How I cut my API costs by $400/month switching to Femail

I was going through our AI spending last week and realized we're throwing money at expensive models for work that doesn't need them. Basic summarization, data extraction, formatting—stuff that's straightforward enough that cheaper models handle just fine. But because everything defaults to the premium tier, that's what gets billed.

Femail does something simple that actually saves money: they audit your AI usage line by line and move routine work to cheaper models without changing your output. You get an itemized breakdown of what's actually happening in your bill, a map of which tasks should move where, and the savings number with the math shown. If they can't find at least 30% in cuts, the audit costs nothing.

We got about a third knocked off our monthly spend, which for us means real money going back into the budget. The whole process took one call and some follow-up review. Nothing changed about how our team works or what we get back—just smarter routing behind the scenes.

Check it out: Femail

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