Cloudflare AI Gateway Adds Spend Limits and Automatic Fallback to Cheaper Models

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Cloudflare shipped concrete cost controls in AI Gateway: budget enforcement by model/user, hard spend caps, and automatic fallback to cheaper models when limits are hit, with identity-based controls via Cloudflare Access coming next. This directly answers an emerging enterprise demand as agent usage scales past prototype. It pairs with operator commentary that the real problem is attribution, not raw spend — rerouting even 10% of a $10M AI bill to cheaper tiers can save ~$1M.