Calero, a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SaaS Management Platforms and a founding member of the Tokenomics Foundation, today announced new SaaS Management capabilities for managing AI consumption, cost and adoption across the enterprise. SaaS management is changing as software moves beyond traditional seat-based models, with AI accelerating the shift toward consumption-based pricing, variable usage and new forms of adoption. AI can enter the enterprise through free tiers and individual signups, be embedded within applications a company already licenses, and be priced according to tokens, quotas and other consumption-based models that can fluctuate over time.
Calero extends SaaS Management Platform to AI consumption, costs, and adoption
New capabilities include shadow AI discovery, hybrid license management, and adoption tracking
Anomaly detection enables token thresholds and consumption spike alerts
Pre-built integrations for Microsoft Copilot, Cursor, and Anthropic Claude
Calero is a founding member of the Tokenomics Foundation
Trusted by more than 3,000 enterprise customers across 102 countries
"AI is entering the enterprise faster than any technology we have managed in 30 years, and it is arriving with a meter running," said Eric Martorano, President and CRO of Calero. "Organizations are being asked to scale AI and account for it at the same time. Our customers should not have to choose between moving aggressively on AI and knowing what it costs them. Calero has spent three decades making technology spend visible, measurable and manageable, and AI is now part of that same system. That is how the enterprise will run AI at scale."
Calero's expanded SaaS Management capabilities are designed for this changing environment. By extending management beyond seat counts and periodic reviews, Calero helps organizations discover AI use, measure consumption and take action across the SaaS portfolio. New SaaS Management capabilities include:
Shadow AI Discovery: Calero's agentless discovery connects to systems already operating in the customer environment and continuously scans for new applications. AI and AI-enabled tools are classified by vendor, function and capability as they are identified, providing an up-to-date inventory of sanctioned and unsanctioned usage.
Hybrid License Management: Calero's event-based subscription management supports traditional seat-based licensing alongside consumption-based entitlements, including pooled token usage and individual quotas. Seat, consumption and hybrid subscriptions are brought into a single view.
Adoption Tracking: Calero combines licensed entitlements with detailed usage and consumption data to provide visibility into how AI tools are being used. Idle seats and underused consumption plans can be identified early.
Anomaly Detection: Calero's policy engine supports consumption-based events, enabling teams to set token thresholds, trigger alerts on consumption spikes and identify when monthly AI spending exceeds established budgets.
AI Provider Integrations: Pre-built integrations for Microsoft Copilot, Cursor and Anthropic Claude collect provider-specific consumption, entitlement and cost data in one place, enriching Calero's discovery and usage insights.
AI is accelerating a broader shift in software economics. Vendors are moving beyond predictable seat-based pricing toward dynamic consumption and hybrid models, creating new challenges for cost management approaches based on periodic reviews, fixed annual costs and seat counts. This shift is also expanding FinOps beyond cloud infrastructure and into the broader technology estate. Software, telecom and AI increasingly include variable consumption models that are difficult to manage through annual budgeting alone, bringing previously separate disciplines together around technology spend management. Calero brings 30 years of experience in technology spend management to this convergence and is a Tokenomics Foundation founding member, in addition to its membership in the FinOps Foundation.
About Calero
Headquartered in Rochester, NY, Calero has spent three decades building the technology expense management category, and is trusted by more than 3,000 enterprise customers across 102 countries. Calero's centralized platform spans telecom management, mobility management, SaaS management, and market data management, helping organizations reduce the time between insight and action to improve performance, reduce risk, and optimize technology investments.
