The Smartest Way to Cut AI Costs Isn't to Use Less AI
Atlassian, Tuesday, October 13th, 2026
Atlassian survey: 40% of AI users were asked to justify or limit usage, yet 84% say company AI commitment holds.
An Atlassian Teamwork Lab survey of US knowledge workers finds AI cost awareness rising, with 40 percent of AI users saying they were asked in the past three months to watch or justify usage or hit a limit.
Commitment holds, with 84 percent saying their company is holding steady or going all-in and only 3 percent reporting a pullback.
Nearly half do not know what their company pays for AI tools, and visibility drops from 67 percent of leaders to 22 percent of individual contributors.