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Costbase — know what your AI app actually costs to run
Monitor AI API costs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI by connecting provider keys.
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AnalyticsDeveloper ToolApiFinanceProductivity“COGS monitoring”“No proxy. No SDK. No code changes”“know what your AI app actually costs”“OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI”“official reporting APIs”
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X · 1 day ago
So my launch of – the simple, proxy-less AI model cost monitoring software – didn’t generate much response. I said I would build this in public, so here is an update. I am very happy with the app for my own use. It’s everything I want it to be. So even without users, I’m glad I built this just for myself. It’s probably not accurate to say I “launched” this. All I did was publish the app, make a single post on X, LinkedIn and Show HN. That’s not really any sort of distribution effort needed for an app. So I will continue to get the word out regarding Costbase on Reddit, and other places, as well as engaging with X users who have problem with AI cost. (If you guys have ideas, lmk) It’s just a small app, a side project, so I won’t put too much time marketing this before calling it quit. Pre-AI, I’ve always spent so much effort building an app that I don’t have any time left for marketing (I also run an ERP consultancy). Now, building is pretty much automated, so th
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