For small businesses running AI agents

Stop guessing what your AI agents cost.

Connect your API keys once. Get a weekly digest showing exactly where every dollar goes, which tasks deliver ROI, and where to cut spend. No engineering degree required.

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$500–5k

Typical monthly AI budget we track

30–70%

Average overspend without visibility

$79/mo

Starts free for 14 days

The Problem

Your AI bills are growing faster than your visibility into them.

A single customer support agent might make 50 LLM calls per conversation. A content agent burns through $200 generating posts nobody reads. As AI scales, spend becomes a black box — and the surprises are always bad.

No per-agent cost breakdown

You know total spend but not which agent is burning cash

Bills hit without warning

Budget alerts don't exist in most AI stacks today

No ROI signal

You can't tell if that $400/month content agent is worth it

Typical AI Bill — No Context

OpenAI Total $1,247.83

Anthropic Total $892.12

Google AI Total $341.50

Total $2,481.45

Which agent is driving this? You have no idea.

Setup in 5 Minutes

Three steps to full cost visibility

No code changes, no proxy, no agent modifications. Just connect your API keys.

Connect API Keys

Add your OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google API keys. Read-only access — we never make calls on your behalf.

We Track Every Call

Every LLM request is logged: tokens used, model, cost per call, agent name. Zero instrumentation needed.

Weekly Digest + Dashboard

Every Monday: total spend, top cost drivers, ROI snapshot, and one actionable optimization tip.

The Dashboard

Your AI spend, organized and actionable

A clean, business-owner-friendly view. Not an ML ops console.

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Total Spend (MTD)

$2,481

▲ 12% vs last month

Active Agents

4

All healthy

Avg Cost / Call

$0.18

▲ Up from $0.12

Budget Status

73%

$1,019 left of $3,500

30-Day Cost Trend

Top Agents by Cost

support-agent$1,012

content-writer$892

lead-scorer$342

data-processor$235

Everything You Need

Built for the non-engineer who signs the AI bill

Features that answer the questions every business owner asks.

Per-Agent Cost Breakdown

See exactly how much each AI agent costs per month, per week, and per day. Know which agents justify their compute.

Weekly Cost Digest

Every Monday: total spend, top 3 cost drivers, ROI snapshot, and one specific optimization tip. Delivered to your inbox.

Budget Alerts

Set a monthly budget per agent. Get an alert at 50%, 75%, and 90%. Don't be surprised by the bill at the end of the month.

ROI Tracking

Mark tasks as high/medium/low ROI. See cost vs. return for each agent. Make data-driven decisions about which AI tools to keep.

Anomaly Detection

Get flagged when an agent's daily cost suddenly spikes 2x above average. Catch runaway loops before they drain your budget.

CSV Export

Export your cost data to CSV for your own analysis, accountant, or monthly reporting. One click, full history.

Early Feedback

What beta users are saying

"We had no idea our support agent was spending $800/month on GPT-4 calls. After switching to gpt-4o-mini for simple queries, we cut that to $180. CostTrace paid for itself in week one."

Marcus R.

Operations Lead, SaaS Agency

"The weekly digest is the best part. Every Monday I know exactly where we stand. Before, the CFO would ask about AI spend and I'd have nothing to show. Now I have a report."

Sarah K.

CTO, Content Automation Startup

"We run 6 different AI agents for client work. Before CostTrace, we had no idea which ones were profitable. Now I can show clients exactly what their AI spend looks like. Game changer."

James T.

Founder, AI Consulting Firm

Simple Pricing

Start free. Scale when you're ready.

No setup fees. No per-seat nonsense. One flat price per workspace.

Starter

$79/mo

Perfect for small teams running 1–3 AI agents.

3 AI agents
10,000 LLM calls/mo
Weekly cost digest
Budget alerts
90-day cost history

Growth

$199/mo

For agencies and teams running serious AI operations.

10 AI agents
100,000 LLM calls/mo
Everything in Starter
ROI tracking
Anomaly detection
1-year cost history
Priority support

Enterprise

$499/mo

For larger teams with custom integration needs.

Unlimited AI agents
Unlimited calls
Everything in Growth
Custom API integrations
Dedicated Slack support
SLA guarantee

14-day free trial on all plans. No credit card required. Cancel anytime.

Questions

Frequently asked

No proxy needed. You connect your API keys and we read the cost data directly from the provider APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google). We use read-only access — we never make calls on your behalf. For the MVP, we also support manual CSV import of your API usage logs.

Yes. Your API key is hashed (SHA-256) before storage — we never store the raw key. Keys are encrypted at rest via Cloudflare's infrastructure. We use read-only keys, so even if there were a breach, nothing could be spent from your account.

MVP supports OpenAI (GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4 Turbo, GPT-3.5 Turbo) and Anthropic (Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3 Opus). Google AI support is coming in v2.

Every Monday morning you get an email with: total spend vs. last week, top 3 cost-driving agents, ROI snapshot (if you've marked tasks), and one specific actionable optimization recommendation. No fluff, no charts that need explaining — just numbers you can act on.

LangSmith and Helicone are built for ML engineers managing LLM pipelines. They cost $500–2,000/month, require code integration, and surface data for debugging — not for business decision-making. CostTrace is built for business owners: connect your keys, see your costs, get a digest. No engineering required.

Yes. Set a monthly budget cap per agent. You'll receive alerts at 50%, 75%, and 90% of the limit. On Growth and Enterprise plans, we can also automatically pause an agent when it exceeds the budget.

You mark specific agent tasks as High / Medium / Low ROI from the dashboard. The digest then shows a simple ROI score: (High ROI marks × estimated value) minus cost of those calls. You define what "High ROI" means for your business — a closed deal, a resolved ticket, a published post.

Yes. On Growth and Enterprise plans, you can manage multiple client workspaces under one account. Each client sees their own costs, you get an agency-level overview. Perfect for AI consulting firms that want to show clients exactly what their AI spend looks like.