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How are people actually tracking OpenAI costs in production?

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2 Apr
ai agent token costs are getting out of control and nobody is talking about the context efficiency problem

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>been overseeing our AI agent deployment and the numbers are alarming. we have ~400 developers using AI coding agents (mixture of copilot and

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24 Aug
Do you separate OpenAI usage by project internally?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>We’ve started using OpenAI more regularly at work and I’m trying to figure out how companies are keeping track of the cost when the usage is

OPINION · WHEN · OpenAIOPEN STORY
25 Apr
OpenAI Just Released GPT-5.5. Here's What It Actually Does (and What It Costs You)

<p>GPT-5.4 shipped on March 5. Seven weeks later, on April 23, 2026, OpenAI released GPT-5.5 — and the pace alone tells you something about where this race is headed. This isn't

REPORT · WHERE · Dev.toOPEN STORY
25 Mar
I built a free calculator that shows how much you’re overspending on OpenAI API calls

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I was curious how much of my OpenAI spend was actually necessary vs wasted on simple queries hitting GPT-4o when GPT-4o-mini would’ve been

OPINION · WHEN · OpenAIOPEN STORY
1 May
The AI Economy Is About to Get Real

<p>For the last few years the tech industry has quietly assumed this<br /><br /> AI is powerful almost free and it will eventually pay for itself </p> <p>Turns out that story is

REPORT · WHAT · Dev.toOPEN STORY
15 May
I cant put Open Ai in production - Here's why you shouldn't either.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Ok I run a a few SaaS platforms and My GPT Mini 40 (or whatever its called) ran over and the cap was set at a certain limit.</p> <p>Well the Ai

OPINION · WHO · OpenAIOPEN STORY
2 Oct
Does anyone separate OpenAI Batch spend from normal API spend internally?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>We’ve started using Batch more for work that doesn’t need to happen immediately and I am sure that I’ve been treating that usage the same as the

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
14 May
I used to think AI tools would simplify my work. Now the subscription stack feels like the broken

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I used to be the person who defended paying for multiple AI tools at the same time.ChatGPT for general work,Claude for long writing and

OPINION · WHO · ArtificialInteligenceOPEN STORY
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