What each one is for
They answer different questions. Zylo asks "what are we paying for, and is it used?". Typort asks "what is the team doing with AI, and what went in?".
Zylo is good at
- Finding software spend nobody knew about, from payments and expense data
- Renewals ranked by savings, with contract and benchmark data
- A managed negotiation service, with an ROI guarantee
- Reclaiming unused licences automatically
- AI API costs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Vertex AI, Databricks and Snowflake, by team, project or user
- A Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for SaaS Management Platforms, by its own account
Typort is good at
- Who is using AI, how much, and which tools, per person and over time
- Estimated spend per person, with allowances and warnings
- A pie of what the team spends its time with AI doing
- Flags for what went in, and client rules marked broke or close
- Searching the team's chats and meetings, and asking questions of them with Ask Typort
- Five plain switches for what the company sees, shown to everyone on their first screen
What Zylo does for AI
From Zylo's own website.
AI consumption costs. Zylo says it "integrates directly with leading AI and data providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Snowflake, and Google Vertex AI", so you can "break down cost by team, project, or user."
Shadow AI from spend. It "starts with your actual payments, not just sign-on logs", and finds new AI apps entering through accounts payable, expenses and resellers.
Usage from logins. Its basic integrations "Capture user-level details like user name and last login for basic usage insights." Zylo's pages do not describe seeing prompts or the kinds of work people do in a chat tool.
What it needs
Finance and identity connections. ERP, accounts payable and expense systems, SSO, and direct app integrations.
A quote. Zylo lists Core, Premium and Enterprise plans, each with "Request a Quote" and no price.
Typort vs Zylo, side by side
| Zylo | Typort | |
|---|---|---|
| Find every app you pay for | Yes, from payments, expenses and SSO | Only the AI chat tools people use in the browser |
| Renewals and negotiation | Renewal priorities, benchmarks and a managed negotiation service | Not something Typort does |
| AI API costs | From OpenAI, Anthropic, Vertex AI and others, by team, project or user | Not the focus. Typort counts the chats people have, not the API bills |
| Chat seat usage per person | Last login and usage from SSO and app integrations | Tokens, tools and active days per person, with adoption over 13 weeks |
| What the work is | Not on Zylo's website | Chats sorted into kinds of work, from client emails to coding, shown as a pie |
| What went in | Not on Zylo's website | Flags for personal details, client figures, passwords and keys, and rules per client marked broke or close |
| What it needs | Finance systems, SSO and app integrations | The Typort browser extension and a sign in with Microsoft or a work email. No API keys |
| Price | Request a quote | Free for a limited time, and will move to Typort Pro later |
See it in Typort
A walk through the team page: who uses which AI tool, what it is costing, and what the work is.
What you get
The team page, flags and client rules, and the five switches.
The team page
Who is using AI this week, what the work is, people using AI each week, tool share by AI tool, and allowance warnings for anyone near or over.
Flags and client rules
What went in across the team: sales figures, strategy, client documents, passwords and keys. Each chat that broke a client rule, or came close, is listed with the person and the tool.
Five switches
Count usage and spend, AI analysis, keep the chats, let admins and team leaders read chats, keep voice typing. Every opening of a chat is recorded, and everyone sees the switches in plain words. Chats in the AI's own temporary or incognito mode are never collected.
Use them together
Zylo looks after the software bill. Typort looks inside the AI seats. Keep Zylo for the software portfolio, renewals, licence reclamation and AI API bills. Add Typort to see who actually uses ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Grok, how much, what the work is, and what went in.
They do not overlap much. A spend tool counts licences, logins and invoices across hundreds of apps. Typort reads the AI chat pages people use, so it can tell you what the seats are being used for.
The team view runs on Typort's servers. It is free for a limited time and will move to Typort Pro later.
FAQ
Is Typort a replacement for Zylo?
No. Zylo manages the whole software portfolio: spend, licences, renewals and negotiation. Typort shows how a team uses AI chat tools: usage and estimated spend per person, what the work is, flags and client rules.
Can Zylo see what people do in ChatGPT or Claude?
Not according to Zylo's website. It measures licences, logins, spend and API consumption. Typort reads the chat pages through its browser extension, so it can sort the work and flag what went in.
Does Typort show unused AI seats?
Yes, for the AI tools it sees. The team page lists seats barely or never used, with names, and how many people used AI this week and in the last 30 days.
Which AI tools does Typort see?
ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Grok in the browser, through the Typort browser extension. Microsoft 365 Copilot capture is built and comes in the next extension update. It reads what is on the page, so it works on Business and Team seats and needs no API keys from the AI vendors.
Are the dollar figures exact?
No, they are estimates from the tokens in each chat at the AI vendor's API list price. A chat page cannot show system prompts, hidden reasoning, attachments or tool calls, so the figures are a floor. They are there to compare people and tools, not to replace the invoice.
Can staff see what the company sees?
Yes. The five switches are shown to everyone in plain words on their first screen, and every time an admin or team leader opens someone's chat, it is recorded. Chats in the AI's own temporary or incognito mode are never collected.
What does the team view cost?
The team view runs on Typort's servers. It is free for a limited time and will move to Typort Pro later.
Sources
Every Zylo fact on this page comes from Zylo's own website and documentation, checked on 2 November 2026. Typort facts come from the product itself.
| "Zylo starts with your actual payments, not just sign-on logs, so nothing hides."; "Usage tracking across variable, token-based pricing models like Anthropic and OpenAI" | Zylo product |
| "Zylo integrates directly with leading AI and data providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, Snowflake, and Google Vertex AI." | Zylo news, 14 April 2026 |
| "Track consumption as it happens and break down cost by team, project, or user." | Zylo: AI consumption cost management |
| Basic Integration: "Capture user-level details like user name and last login for basic usage insights." | Zylo integrations |
| "Zylo SaaS Negotiator is a managed service that handles SaaS purchases and renewals on your behalf." | Zylo SaaS Negotiator |
| Zylo Core, Zylo Premium, Zylo Enterprise: "Request a Quote", no price shown. Checked 2 November 2026. | Zylo pricing |
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