AI Was Supposed to Cut Your Enterprise Costs. It’s Turning Them Into a Money Pit.
ERP vendors are quietly shifting from selling software subscriptions to metering AI usage via token-like units. By wrapping AI capabilities into usage-based pricing, they are turning your fixed software costs into an unpredictable, perpetual burn rate. As AI agents handle more complex tasks, every automated decision burns tokensโtransforming your ERP system from a one-time investment into a permanent tax on your business operations.