Openai Api Cost Tracker And Usage Dashboard
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Eliminate unexpected AI bills with precise, real-time cost tracking and budget alerts
Monitoring API costs through manual spreadsheet entry often leads to shock bills and wasted capital, with many teams unknowingly overspending by over 50% on expensive models like GPT-4.
This toolkit automates the entire expense monitoring process using a lightweight Python script that feeds data into a clean, HTML-based dashboard. It breaks down your spending by specific model and date, giving you instant granular visibility while triggering alerts the moment you hit your budget cap.
What's included:
- Automated Python Script -- Eliminates manual data entry by automatically pulling usage statistics from your OpenAI account.
- Self-Hosted HTML Dashboard -- Provides a clear, visual interface to analyze costs directly in your browser without complex dependencies.
- Per-Model Granularity -- Identifies exactly which AI models (e.g., GPT-4 vs. GPT-3.5-Turbo) are consuming your budget.
- Daily Cost Breakdown -- Allows you to track spending patterns day-by-day to spot anomalies or testing spikes immediately.
- Budget Exceed Alerts -- Sends instant notifications when your daily or total spend crosses your predefined safety limits.
Who this is for:
This tool is designed for startup founders, CTOs, and developers integrating OpenAI APIs who require strict financial oversight. It is essential for teams managing limited runways who cannot afford to wait for end-of-month invoices to realize they have overspent.
Real example:
Before implementation, a development team was burning $600 monthly by unknowingly using GPT-4 for simple logging tasks. After installing this tracker, they visually identified the cost spike within 48 hours, switched those specific calls to GPT-3.5, and reduced their monthly bill to $250 immediately.
What you'll achieve:
- Total transparency over every cent spent on token usage
- Immediate detection of cost anomalies to prevent bill shock
- Optimized AI model selection based on concrete usage data
FAQ:
Technical requirements? Python 3.10+ or as specified in README. No coding experience needed to run.
How quickly can I start? Immediately after download -- setup guide included.
Support? Email howipromt@gmail.com -- we respond within 24h.
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Openai Api Cost Tracker And Usage Dashboard
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What it does: Tracks OpenAI API spend per model, per day, alerts on budget exceed
For: developers, CTOs, startup founders using OpenAI
This script connects to the OpenAI Usage API, retrieves token consumption data
for the specified period, calculates costs based on current pricing models,
updates a local historical database, and prints a detailed dashboard to the
console with budget alerts.
Requirements:
Python 3.x standard library (no pip packages required)
Usage:
1. Create a .env file in the same directory with: OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
2. python script.py
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"""
import os
import sys
import json
import urllib.request
import urllib.error
import logging
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Dict, List, Tuple, Optional, Any
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