Built a Token Billing Tracker for AI Coding Tools — Here Is What I Learned
AI coding assistants are powerful, but their billing is a black box. I built a small one-time-purchase tool that makes Copilot-style token spend visible, trackable, and controllable. Here’s what happened.
The problem I kept hitting
Every sprint I’d see the invoice arrive and wonder where the tokens went. Per-developer visibility was missing, and monthly reviews turned into guesswork. Existing dashboards were either locked behind subscriptions or too generic to act on.
What I built
A lightweight cost tracker built for engineering teams and solo devs using Copilot, Cursor, or OpenAI-backed coding tools. It pulls token usage, summarizes it by developer and project, and exports reports for budget reviews.
Key features:
- Real-time token usage visibility
- Per-developer and per-project cost breakdowns
- Exportable reports for budget reviews
- Works with Copilot, Cursor, and similar tooling
Why one-time pricing
Subscriptions pile up. I wanted something you could own once and keep using. The AI Coding Cost Tracker is priced at £5 one-time. No recurring fees, no locked dashboard accounts, no SaaS renewal emails.
What changed after using it
Reviewing costs stopped being guesswork. Budget conversations moved from “probably fine” to showing exact token spend per author and area of the codebase. That clarity alone paid for the tool on the first review.
Try it if you’re spending on AI coding tools and want the numbers back under control.
Toolkit
- AI Coding Cost Tracker — theaisuite.pages.dev/copilot-token-billing/
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