The AI Token Costs That Can Break Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity platforms are rapidly adding AI features like agentic AI (autonomous systems that can perform tasks without human input) to detect and respond to threats faster, but many are shifting from fixed software pricing to unpredictable token-based costs (charges per word the AI reads and writes). While older machine learning doesn't consume tokens, newer generative and agentic AI can quickly rack up expensive bills, especially in security work where AI systems must process massive amounts of log data, with a single complex incident potentially costing thousands of tokens.