ai token and inference cost trackers
Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.
AI token and inference cost trackers monitor, audit, and forecast consumption across LLM APIs, developer coding agents, and foundation models. Engineering teams and technical leaders use them to understand usage patterns and prevent runaway generative AI expenses. Unlike general cloud observability platforms, these tools focus directly on prompt-level token counts, model pricing dynamics, and per-session agent costs.
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Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▲ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| PromptCost | PH | 1 | 2026-10-07 |
| TokenFin | PH | 1 | 2026-10-05 |
| Contexte Tech | PH | 1 | 2026-10-06 |
| Runic | PH | 1 | 2026-10-02 |
| SmartTokenGuard | PH | 1 | 2026-09-14 |
| TokenTracker | PH | 1 | 2026-09-10 |
| ClaudeEffort | PH | 1 | 2026-09-30 |
| Tokmeter | PH | 1 | 2026-10-08 |
| WhereIsMyToken Tracker | PH | 1 | 2026-09-18 |
| thedrain | PH | 2 | 2026-09-10 |
| Per Million | PH | 2 | 2026-09-19 |
| Cosen | PH | 2 | 2026-09-07 |
| Rustly | PH | 2 | 2026-09-22 |
| AtlasBurn | PH | 2 | 2026-09-12 |
| Quota | PH | 2 | 2026-10-06 |
| drip | PH | 2 | 2026-10-06 |
| Citadel Predict | PH | 2 | 2026-09-15 |
| auditamia · Your AI spend, under control | PH | 2 | 2026-10-06 |
| MTI (Market Token Index) | PH | 2 | 2026-09-29 |
| Tokenflow | PH | 3 | 2026-09-17 |
| AgentCents | PH | 3 | 2026-09-23 |
| Track Token usage for major platforms,know your token flow | HN | 5 | 2026-07-03 |
| AgentBudget | HN | 7 | 2026-02-24 |
| TokenMaxxer | HN | 7 | 2026-08-03 |
| Traceforce TraceGraph – Ask anything about your company's AI usage | YC | 7 | 2026-09-28 |
| LazySusan: AI API Management for Teams | PH | 8 | 2026-10-13 |
| gpt-5-6-dev.github.io | GITHUB | 9 | 2026-09-21 |
| Pacer | HN | 10 | 2026-10-08 |
| burn | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-26 |
| Die With Me | HN | 11 | 2026-09-17 |
| ai-usage-tracker | GITHUB | 13 | 2026-10-04 |
| Token Economics Calculator for AI inference hardware | HN | 13 | 2025-11-19 |
| Wrenchmark | PH | 13 | 2026-10-06 |
| CodeBurn | PH | 15 | 2026-09-23 |
| usage-meter | GITHUB | 16 | 2026-10-09 |
| Claude Code Session Tracker | PH | 16 | 2026-10-05 |
| vibereceipt | GITHUB | 18 | 2026-10-12 |
| CostPerPrompt | HN | 20 | 2026-08-02 |
| cc-usage | GITHUB | 30 | 2026-09-22 |
| token-tv | GITHUB | 37 | 2026-10-02 |
| Frugal Tokens | HN | 37 | 2026-08-19 |
| Sunk Cost | HN | 46 | 2026-09-15 |
| DeepAstra | GITHUB | 47 | 2026-09-12 |
| CrbonFree | PH | 59 | 2026-09-25 |
| claudebill | PH | 63 | 2026-09-18 |
| Token Forecaster | PH | 65 | 2026-09-25 |
| Unprompt | PH | 76 | 2026-10-07 |
| Claude Usage Tracker | PH | 235 | 2026-03-23 |
| Navigara | PH | 294 | 2026-08-24 |
| AUDR by Chargebee | PH | 296 | 2026-10-06 |