Discussion: Your automation tool is probably charging you 3x what the AI actually costs. Here's why.

Saw an interesting discussion on r/automation about this — wanted to bring it here. **Original topic:** Your automation tool is probably charging you 3x what the AI actually costs. Here's why. > Most people using Zapier, Make, or similar tools with AI features have no idea what the AI is actually costing them. I didn't either until I looked. Here's how the markup works. When you use an AI step in Zapier, you're not paying OpenAI's rate. You're paying Zapier's rate, which includes ... What are your thoughts? Has anyone here dealt with AI workflow? --- *Discuss more at [0n MCP](https://www.0nmcp.com) — the hub for [MCP server integration](https://www.0nmcp.com).*