Costly
Detects and reduces waste in AI API usage by identifying issues like prompt bloat, model overkill, duplicate queries, and error waste, and provides actionable fixes.
Costly is a monitoring tool that detects and reduces waste in AI API usage, specifically for Anthropic Claude. It identifies issues like prompt bloat, model overkill, duplicate queries, and error waste, providing actionable fixes. It targets developers, ops, and finance teams in companies of all sizes. It is delivered as an open-source SDK that sends metadata to a hosted dashboard, with no impact on API latency.
Key features
- 7 waste detectors
- Prompt bloat detection
- Model overkill detection
- Duplicate query detection
- Runaway feature detection
- Error waste detection
- Output bloat detection
- Cost trajectory tracking
- Dashboard with cost breakdowns
- Bill forecasting
- Cost by feature and model
- Open-source SDK
- Zero added latency
- No prompt data sent
- No social media activity within the last 30 days
GTM channels
- Blog
- Community
- Docs
- Changelog
ICP
- Software developers
- Engineering teams
- DevOps sre teams