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Use Spend → Shadow Spend to investigate AI subscriptions and accounts that sit outside the company’s official purchasing and account structure.
1

Check data freshness

Review the snapshot timestamp before interpreting the result.
2

Choose a period

Select 30d or MTD.
3

Find a tool

Search or filter the tool list to narrow the investigation.
4

Open the tool

Select a tool row to inspect personal accounts, attributed owners, plan tiers, activity, and estimated shadow cost.
5

Compare risk evidence

Open Governance → Tool Review when the decision also depends on security, certification, approval, warning, or blocking status.
Shadow-spend evidence does not itself approve or block a tool. Use it to establish ownership and cost, then follow the company’s review and procurement process.

Understand spend evidence

See how official and shadow spend, normalization, freshness, and actions fit together.