AI Spend is a cost-management tool designed to monitor your OpenAI costs and prevent budget surprises. It provides a centralized dashboard to track usage and spending, with alerts, insights, and model/token details to help you optimize AI usage. The service emphasizes security (encrypted API keys) and privacy, including the ability to delete usage history when you remove your API key.
How to Use AI Spend
- Get Started (1-minute setup). Register an account and add your OpenAI API key.
- View your dashboard. Access fast insights, cost trends, and usage analytics in one place.
- Configure alerts. Enable daily, weekly, and monthly notifications to stay on top of spending.
- Inspect details. Review models used, token counts, and cost per model to optimize usage.
What AI Spend Offers
- Centralized dashboard for all your OpenAI costs and usage.
- Cost insights that reveal spending patterns and opportunities to save.
- Notifications (daily, weekly, monthly) to keep you informed.
- Usage analytics showing trends and breakdowns by model and tokens.
- Model and token discovery to understand which models are driving costs.
- Simple pricing with no hidden charges; OpenAI API calls for usage history are free.
- Security: API keys are stored in an industry-standard encrypted vault and are only unlocked when retrieving usage history (hourly).
- Privacy: Deleting an API key also deletes all associated usage history permanently until a key is added again.
Safety and Privacy Considerations
- Your API key and usage data are secured and can be fully deleted when you remove your key.
- No extra charges beyond the stated pricing; usage history retrieval uses free OpenAI API calls.
Core Features
- Centralized dashboard for OpenAI usage and costs
- Real-time and historical cost insights
- Usage analytics with trends and breakdowns
- Model and token tracking to identify cost drivers
- Daily/weekly/monthly spending notifications
- Secure storage of API keys in encrypted vaults
- Immediate start with a 1-minute setup
- Clear, simple pricing with no hidden costs
- Data privacy controls (delete usage history when removing keys)
Note: The content above reflects the described capabilities and usage flow for AI Spend as presented. Ensure you review any updated terms or privacy policies on the official site for current details.