Finance · Cost Center
What every AI agent costs — and whether to act.
Turn AI spend visibility into a budget decision: are we on track, who is driving cost, and what should we cap or charge back?
Bottom line
$684.50 total so far (11% estimated). At the recent ~$115.57/day run-rate, this month projects to ~$3.5k vs a $3.0k budget — 16% over. Top driver: Claude Code at $214.50.
$684.50 incl. est.
total spend
the single trusted number · 11% estimated
$3.5k
projected this month
▲ 16% over $3.0k budget
$115.57/day
recent run-rate
avg of last 3 days × 30
54%
from cache
cache-read tokens
Budget vs. actual — forecast
$3.0k monthly budgetAt the recent ~$115.57/day run-rate, this month projects to $3.5k — 16% over the $3.0k budget.
Spend by agent
$684.50 totalSpend over time
daily · last 7dBy model
5 modelsBy agent
7 agentsBy user
6 identitiesest rows are estimated from token counts — some providers (OpenAI / Codex) don't report a billed cost, so we derive it from usage. This is usage-based observation, not a billed invoice. For chargeback, attribute spend per cost center in Showback.
Fields: costs.totals (total_cost · provider_cost · estimated_cost · cache_read_pct) · costs.by_model · by_agent · by_user · series — from app/data/c16-fleet.ts (qcontrol /api/costs shape). Budget & projection computed client-side.