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How to Track AI API Usage and Costs Across Multiple Providers

· Alexander Brandt · 2m 6s read

How to Track AI API Usage and Costs Across Multiple Providers

If you use multiple AI APIs — Claude for coding, Copilot for completions, Mistral for experiments — keeping track of spending and quota usage across providers is a pain. Each has its own dashboard, its own billing page, its own rate limits.

AI Usage Tracker puts all of that into a single compact window.

The problem

Most developers using AI APIs face these issues:

  • Scattered dashboards — each provider has its own usage page
  • No unified cost view — you have to manually sum spending across providers
  • Quota surprises — hitting rate limits mid-work because you didn't check remaining capacity
  • No pace projection — knowing you've used 60% of your quota doesn't tell you if you'll run out before the reset window

What AI Usage Tracker does

It's a Windows tray utility (also runs on Linux) that monitors all your AI APIs from one place:

Feature Details
Unified dashboard Current spend and token usage across all providers at a glance
Pace projection Estimates whether you'll exhaust your quota before the reset window
Tray integration Auto-hide when focus is lost, individual tray icons per provider
Live progress bars "Core Temp" style bars in the tray icon
Auto-discovery Scans environment variables and Claude Code credentials for API keys
Auto-updates Notifies you of new releases

Supported providers

Provider Integration Status
GitHub Copilot OAuth Device Flow Tested
Anthropic Claude Code Auto-detected Partially tested
Mistral API Key Tested
DeepSeek API Key Beta
Kimi (Moonshot) API Key Beta
Minimax API Key Beta
OpenAI Codex OAuth Beta
Gemini — Planned
OpenRouter — Planned

Pace projection explained

The pace feature is the most useful part. It doesn't just show current usage — it projects whether you'll hit your limit:

  • Headroom (green) — projected usage under 70% of quota
  • On pace (green) — projected 70–100%, you're fine
  • Over pace (red) — projected to exceed the limit before reset

This works for both 5-hour burst windows and 7-day rolling windows.

Installation

Download from GitHub Releases, run the installer, and it auto-detects your API keys. Configuration is stored locally in auth.json.

FAQ

How do I track my AI API spending?

AI Usage Tracker is a free open-source dashboard that monitors usage, costs, and quotas across multiple AI providers from a single compact window. It auto-detects API keys from environment variables and Claude Code credentials.

What AI providers can I monitor?

GitHub Copilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Mistral, DeepSeek, Kimi (Moonshot), Minimax, OpenCode Zen, Synthetic, Z.AI, and OpenAI Codex. Gemini and OpenRouter support is planned.