Activation-code setup
Power on the Beacon, log in to SignalCost, and enter the activation code shown by the unit. SignalCost ties that device to the right company and office.
SignalCost Beacon
Add local AI control to any office.
Review office AI locally, apply company rules before provider use, and keep sensitive checks inside the office when your privacy setting requires it.
SignalCost Beacon
The small office device that helps you manage employee AI use before it turns into cost, risk, or customer-data exposure.
Reserve Beacon when you want simple local AI controls for an office, branch, or customer site without asking employees to change how they work.
Offices that want AI controls close to employees.
Business owners and MSPs that need simple rollout across many locations.
Teams that want sensitive prompt checks handled inside their own environment.
How It Works
Local control in the office, managed from SignalCost.
Both versions answer the same business questions: who is using AI, what work it supports, whether it should be allowed, where it should run, what it costs, and what proof should be kept.
Capture source catalog
Beacon exposes the same capture source choices as Cloud: native browser capture, endpoint, SDK, MCP, OpenTelemetry, and local Beacon capture. Install the source that matches the traffic your team already uses.
Local AI request check
Beacon can review the request in the office first, decide whether it fits company rules, and only then allow approved AI use.
Provider coverage states
Beacon turns local evidence into detected, observed, and connected provider states. Network enforcement is available as an optional advanced control after capture is working.
Managed from SignalCost
SignalCost shows which offices are active, which policies are installed, whether updates are current, and whether the local dashboard is healthy.
Capture coverage
Discovery comes first. Credentials are optional.
Every provider moves through a clear state so teams know what SignalCost can prove now and what an integration would add later.
Discovered automatically from captured traffic.
No credentials required.
Usage, source, employee, model, and estimated cost are visible.
Enough evidence to report.
Optional credentials are added for billing, routing, or enrichment.
Account access stays separate.
Manual setup is a secondary action.
Choose Add billing or routing integration only when the workspace needs invoices, exact account reconciliation, provider routing, model catalogs, or enrichment.
See provider coverageTHE NEXT MOVE
Move from usage totals to business value.
Token counts show volume. SignalCost shows what the spend was for, what should happen next, and whether it paid off.
See the work
Capture AI activity and connect it to the people, tools, and business purpose behind it.
Decide what deserves budget
Apply policy, budget, privacy, and quality rules before spend compounds.
Prove what paid off
Reconcile cost with outcome evidence before expanding to more teams, tools, or locations.
Customer Concerns
Straight answers for owners, finance, security, and operations.
Does the box replace Cloud?
No. Beacon is the office device. SignalCost Cloud still manages your account, policies, reports, billing, support, and device list.
What happens if connectivity drops?
Beacon keeps the latest approved rules locally and follows the fallback choice your company sets: keep running, stop risky requests, or stay local-only.
How hard is installation?
Beacon is designed so a small office can start without a custom IT project: plug it in, enter the activation code, start local capture, and install the native browser or managed source that fits the office. Add provider credentials later only when billing or routing requires them.
Do we need network enforcement?
No. Capture and provider discovery work without a proxy, browser certificate, or router change. Add optional router, DNS, inline, or proxy enforcement only when the company needs direct-provider bypass controls.
Keep prompt-sensitive work local
Beacon can make the sensitive decision inside the office while SignalCost receives the business record needed for reporting and audit.
Avoid a heavy technical rollout
Beacon detects the local router, DNS, and Beacon address so offices get a clear recommended path instead of a custom networking project.
Scale by site or MSP customer
Add devices by office, branch, or customer while keeping each site’s rules, reports, and evidence separate.
What You Get
SignalCost Beacon uses the same SignalCost decision model.
Cloud and Beacon are different ways to deploy the product. Provider coverage, capture sources, rules, costs, approvals, reports, and audit records stay consistent.
Included capabilities
- Device identity, activation-code enrollment, and company/site binding.
- Native browser capture installer and managed source catalog for endpoint, SDK, MCP, and OpenTelemetry adapters.
- Local dashboard for activation, capture coverage, provider evidence, live traffic, health, settings, support, updates, and test decisions.
- Local rule checks with optional SignalCost classifier help when more confidence is useful.
- Admin-visible prompts by default, with content-minimized Private Proof records available for workflows that require stricter privacy.
- Optional network enforcement for offices that need router, DNS, inline, or proxy bypass controls.
- 90-day local traffic history by default, with Cloud Archive available for longer audit and reporting needs.
- Daily update checks, support bundle, rollback, and company-controlled fallback modes.
Best-fit adoption path
- Small-office hardware unit in a SignalCost enclosure.
- Connects to the local office network and the SignalCost account assigned to that office.
- Rules and reporting managed in SignalCost with local enforcement options.
- Capture sources are installed from one catalog and bind to the company workspace without provider credentials.
- Designed for offices, branches, MSP customer sites, and teams that want AI control without a heavy technical rollout.
Cloud option
Explore CloudSignalCost Cloud
Create a workspace, install capture, review provider coverage, add optional integrations, set business rules, and manage AI spend without requiring Beacon hardware.
Start with SignalCost
See what AI spend is for before it becomes another bill.
Start with Cloud. Add Beacon One when an office needs local control.