Cost Tracker & Router FAQs

Question 1

What is Cost Tracker & Router?

Accepted Answer

Cost Tracker & Router is a local-first software tool designed to track and manage the costs of your AI agent workflows. It provides offline token counting, budget alerts, and intelligent model routing suggestions without requiring you to proxy your sensitive API traffic through a third-party server.

Question 2

How does Cost Tracker & Router ensure data privacy compared to other tools?

Accepted Answer

Unlike most proxy-based cost trackers, Cost Tracker & Router performs all token counting offline using `js-tiktoken` and stores data locally in SQLite. This means your prompts and responses never leave your machine, ensuring maximum data residency and privacy.

Question 3

Can I set budget alerts for my AI sessions?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can set a session spend threshold in USD. The tool will warn you at 80% and 100% of this budget. With the `--enforce-budget` option, it can even block tool calls that would cause you to exceed your set limit.

Question 4

How do model routing suggestions help optimize costs?

Accepted Answer

The tool provides heuristic model recommendations based on your task type, pointing you towards cheaper, suitable models. This proactive guidance helps you optimize your AI spend before you receive your provider's invoice.

Question 5

Which AI model providers does Cost Tracker & Router support?

Accepted Answer

Cost Tracker & Router tracks costs and provides multi-provider pricing for models from Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini. You can also customize or override the built-in pricing table to match your specific rates.

Cost Tracker & Router

Cost Tracker & Router

Características Principales

Casos de Uso

Características Principales

Casos de Uso