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Atlassian to Start Charging Customers for Excess AI Usage

The Australian Financial Review

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Date Published
2 Sept 2026
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2 Sept 2026, 08:01 pm

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The changes, which will come into effect on December 3, illustrate the changing way customers are interacting with products.

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Atlassian is implementing a usage-based pricing model for its AI agent, Rovo, signaling a shift in how enterprise software providers monetize frontier AI capabilities. This change highlights the rising operational costs of deploying large-scale AI agents within productivity tools like Jira and Confluence. While the article focuses on commercial strategy rather than direct existential risk, it underscores the rapid integration of autonomous agents into critical business infrastructure. This commercial evolution is relevant to global AI governance as it demonstrates the scaling of agentic AI systems that may eventually require robust safety guardrails.

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TechnologyAIPrint articleZoe SamiosBusiness reporterSep 2, 2026 – 3.59pmAtlassian will start charging customers for excessive artificial intelligence usage, a decision that comes a month after the Nasdaq-listed technology giant revealed that adoption of its agent Rovo had skyrocketed.Customers currently receive a fixed number of AI tokens, known as Rovo credits, with subscriptions to Atlassian products such as Jira and Confluence. The number of credits differs based on the type of product and monthly plan.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleRead MoreAIAtlassianMike Cannon-BrookesMcKinseyFetching latest articles