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At 5M chunks and 200,000 queries a month, a managed retrieval API costs about $400 a month and a per-seat search product lists at about $80,000. Neither number decides it — who owns permission sync does.
August 21, 2026 · 16 min read
Six enterprise RAG platforms rated on the only thing that matters in a bank or a hospital: whether the source system's permissions are enforced at query time, and whether you can prove it to an auditor.
August 8, 2026 · 20 min read