{
    "statement": "of IT leaders faced unexpected charges from consumption-based or AI pricing in the last 12 months (vendor survey of 218)",
    "value_display": "78%",
    "value_numeric": 78,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "2025",
    "data_period_end": "2025-12-31",
    "region": "Global",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "SaaS Management Index",
        "publisher": "Zylo",
        "type": "vendor",
        "url": "https://zylo.com/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://zylo.com/news/2026-saas-management-index",
    "source_quote": "In the last 12 months, 78% of IT leaders reported unexpected charges tied to consumption-based or AI pricing models, and 61% were forced to cut projects due to unplanned SaaS cost increases, according to a survey of 218 IT leaders.",
    "verification_note": "Read on zylo.com news release, 29 Jan 2026. Vendor data from Zylo customers.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": null,
    "dont_know": null,
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/saas/it-leaders-hit-by-unexpected-ai-pricing-charges",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/saas/it-leaders-hit-by-unexpected-ai-pricing-charges.csv"
}