Guides on tracking AI API spend, avoiding surprise bills, and what each provider's own billing dashboard actually shows you.
July 15, 2026
Searching TryTokka and landing on TikTok results? Here is the clear answer: TryTokka tracks AI API spend. TikTok is a social video app. They are unrelated.
July 11, 2026
Gemini is the odd one out: its costs are buried inside your broader Google Cloud bill, not a dedicated AI dashboard. Here is how to actually see them.
July 11, 2026
OpenRouter already spans hundreds of models — but its spend still lives in one dashboard, drawn from a prepaid balance that can run dry mid-job. Here is how to stay ahead of it.
July 11, 2026
One developer watching one dashboard is easy. A team sharing four providers across a dozen keys is where AI spend quietly gets out of hand. Here is how to get one number everyone trusts.
July 8, 2026
Cursor's BYOK mode means your AI coding costs can come from multiple places at once. Here's how to see all of it in one number.
July 8, 2026
The AI cost tracking space now has half a dozen tools. Here is an honest breakdown of the main options and who each one is actually built for.
July 7, 2026
OpenAI's alerts are useful. They're also incomplete. Here's exactly what they cover — and what they can't.
July 6, 2026
You probably don't need GPT-4o for every request. Here's how to find which models are costing you the most and what to switch to.
July 6, 2026
A spend spike on its own tells you nothing. The question is which model drove it, and how far above normal it went.
June 29, 2026
OpenAI's own dashboard works, but it only tells you what you already spent. Here's how to actually stay ahead of it.
June 29, 2026
A $300 invoice rarely starts as a $300 charge. It starts as a forgotten batch job nobody was watching. Here's how to actually catch it early.
June 29, 2026
Most "AI cost" tools are built for enterprise FinOps teams with a budget line for tooling. Here's what actually fits a one-person side project.
June 29, 2026
The Anthropic Console shows your Claude spend — but only your Claude spend. Here's how to actually see it alongside everything else you're paying for.
June 29, 2026
Both dashboards are fine on their own. The problem shows up the moment you use both providers in the same project.