generated: '2026-09-05'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://pypi.org/pypi/neuro-san/json + https://www.cognizant.com/us/en/ai-lab/neuro-san +
  https://www.cognizant.com/us/en/services/cognizant-platforms
note: >-
  Two different commercial models sit under one company here, and conflating them would
  misrepresent both.
  (1) The API surface this repository profiles — the Neuro SAN framework and its agent service
  — is FREE AND OPEN SOURCE under Apache-2.0. There is no metered API, no key to buy, no
  quota and no tier, because Cognizant does not host it: the operator runs it on their own
  infrastructure and pays their own LLM provider directly. The framework's own BYOK feature
  exists precisely so "your deployments do not have to shoulder everyone else's token costs".
  (2) The Cognizant Neuro AI platform family and the consulting engagements around it are sold
  through enterprise sales with no published price. No pricing page, tier table or rate card
  was found on cognizant.com.
  Recorded as plan_count: 0 with the reason stated, per the pipeline's honest-zero rule.
plan_count: 0
pricing_page: null
pricing_page_note: >-
  No pricing page exists for the API surface. Searched cognizant.com's llms.txt index
  (80,849 bytes, 420 lines covering Home, About, Case Studies, Insights, Glossary, Industries,
  Services, General, Events, Reports, Campaigns, Recognitions and AI Lab) — it lists no
  pricing, plans or rate-card page anywhere on the site.
model: open-source-plus-enterprise-services
plans: []
open_source:
  license: Apache-2.0
  cost: free
  package: https://pypi.org/project/neuro-san/
  detail: >-
    The framework, the gRPC contracts, the OpenAPI document, the MCP service and the CLI are
    all shipped under Apache-2.0 at no cost.
cost_of_operation:
  note: >-
    The real cost of running this API is not Cognizant's to bill — it is LLM inference. The
    operator supplies OPENAI_API_KEY (or another provider's) and pays that provider. The
    framework's cost-relevant features are BYOK for client-supplied keys, per-agent LLM
    selection so each agent can use the right model for its cost/latency/context tradeoff,
    and fallback LLM specifications.
enterprise:
  available: true
  channel: contact-sales
  detail: >-
    Neuro AI Decisioning, Neuro AI Enterprise Core, Neuro AI Engineering and Neuro AI for IT
    Operations are delivered through consulting engagements. No self-service signup and no
    published price.
  url: https://www.cognizant.com/us/en/services/cognizant-platforms