AI Costs: A Tool Exposes Claude and Gemini's Hidden Bills

Finally, someone built a way to figure out where our money goes when we chat with artificial intelligence. It's no secret that AI costs money, but the bills often arrive like a punch to the gut, without explaining where we "overspent."

Developer wzchav created TokenTab, a command-line interface tool, to analyze AI expenditures. Imagine a bit of code you type into your computer, and it spits out the exact numbers. It's not magic, but it's pretty darn useful for anyone wanting to keep an eye on their digital wallet.

TokenTab isn't a psychic; it's a diligent accountant that examines the "logbooks" of your AI sessions. These logs record every interaction you have with models like Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI, which are the ones you use for coding or asking complex questions.

TokenTab is capable of reading session logs from Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI. It then breaks everything down: how much you spent on each specific model, for which project, and even day by day. Who wouldn't want to avoid shocking bills and know exactly where to cut back?