Allocate AI budgets to projects, not people.
AI tools are billed per seat — so you can't measure project ROI, AI spend runs away unnoticed, and the engineers doing the most important work hit token limits first. Tokenwise tracks usage through your API gateway and ties every token to a project, client, or initiative.
Built for code agencies, tech-heavy SMEs & scaleups · Alpha live · No credit card required
Project view
Budget & ROI per project
Overview
May 1 – May 31, 2025
Total tokens
28.4B
+24.3%
Total cost
$18,729
+19.6%
Active users
612
+8.7%
Forecast
$22,360
May
Token usage over time
Engineer view
Project context & remaining budget
My AI usage
Your token usage, budget, and insights
Your token budget
6.8B / 10B
tokens used
3.2B remaining
What this means
- ✓ On track to finish the month
- ✓ Alerted at 85% usage
- ✓ Can request more budget
Usage over time
The problem
AI is billed per seat — but work happens in projects.
Per-seat AI pricing makes it impossible to know which projects, clients, or initiatives are actually driving spend — or returning value. AI costs run away unnoticed, and the developers doing the most critical work are the first to hit token limits and get blocked mid-sprint.
Billed per seat, used per project
AI subscriptions are sold per developer — so there's no way to know which project, client, or sprint is actually driving the spend.
No way to measure effectiveness
Without project-level data, you can't tell whether AI is making a project profitable, breaking even, or quietly burning the margin.
AI spend runs away unnoticed
Agents loop, prompts get heavier, and a single project can quietly eat the entire monthly AI budget before anyone notices.
Key engineers get blocked first
The developers doing the most critical work burn through per-seat token limits fastest — and lose access right when it matters most.
The solution
Project-level AI budgets, powered by your API gateway.
Tokenwise sits on top of your API gateway, tags every token by project, and surfaces budgets, ROI, and blockers — inside a standalone dashboard or embedded in the project management tools you already use.
Project-level AI budgets
Allocate token budgets to projects, clients, or initiatives — not individual seats. Reallocate in seconds when priorities shift.
Effectiveness & ROI
Tie AI spend to shipped output. See cost per project, per feature, per sprint — and which projects are getting real leverage from AI.
Runaway detection
Automatic alerts when an agent loops or a project's burn rate spikes, before it eats the monthly budget.
API gateway native
Drop Tokenwise in front of your existing OpenAI, Anthropic, and OpenRouter traffic. No SDK rewrites, no per-tool integrations.
Project-first
Budgets that follow the work, not the user.
For engineering managers
Control budget per project
- Set AI budgets per project, client, or initiative
- Measure effectiveness: cost per shipped feature
- Catch runaway AI before it hits the invoice
- Reallocate budget between projects in seconds
- Report AI ROI to leadership and finance
For engineers
Never get blocked mid-sprint
- Switch project context — budget follows automatically
- See remaining tokens for the project you're on
- Request more budget without a Slack hunt
- Pooled project budgets, not per-seat caps
- Keep shipping when it matters most
Product preview
Standalone dashboard, or embedded where your team already works.
Tokens flow in through your existing API gateway. Project tagging, budgets, and ROI views work as a hosted dashboard — or drop into Linear, Jira, Notion, and other PM tools via embeds.
AI spend review
Free assessment of your AI spend setup.
Overview
Manage AI token spend across your engineering organization
Total tokens
28.4B
↑ 24.3%
Total cost
$18,729
↑ 19.6%
Active users
612
↑ 8.7%
Forecast spend
$22,360
Predicted for May
Budget status
72%
$52,140 / $72,000
Token usage over time
DailyTop tools by cost
- GitHub Copilot$8,890 · 47%
- Claude$4,730 · 25%
- OpenAI$3,420 · 18%
- Cursor$1,980 · 10%
- Other$1,709 · —
Spend by team
Budget alerts
- ⚠
Backend Team
75% of $8,000 budget
- ⚠
Platform Team
58% of $10,000 budget
- ●
Mobile Team
Projected to exceed in 6 days
- ✓
AI/ML Team
51% of $2,000 budget
Project dashboard — Track AI spend, ROI, and forecasts for every project, client, and initiative.
Jane Doe
Software Engineer
My AI usage
Your token usage, budget, and insights
Your token budget
6.8B / 10B
tokens used
3.2B
tokens remaining
12 days estimated until month endWhat this means
- ✓ You're on track to finish the month with ~2.1B tokens remaining.
- ✓ You'll be alerted when you reach 85%.
- ✓ Ask your manager for more budget if needed.
Your usage over time
Usage by tool
- GitHub Copilot3.1B (46%)
- Cursor1.7B (25%)
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet1.3B (19%)
- OpenAI0.5B (7%)
- Other0.2B (3%)
Engineer view — Project-aware budget so developers know exactly what they have left on the work in front of them.
Who it's for
Built for teams shipping with AI
Code agencies
Bill AI to the client, not the developer. Know which engagements are actually profitable once AI cost is factored in.
Tech-heavy SMEs
Give every internal initiative its own AI budget — and a number for the CFO when it's time to justify next quarter's AI spend.
Scaleups & engineering managers
Stop fighting over per-seat limits. Pool tokens at the project level so the team working the launch never gets blocked.
Embedded in PM tools
Drop budget and burn-rate views straight into Linear, Jira, Notion, or your internal project dashboard — where the work already lives.
Get early access
Be first in line when Tokenwise opens for beta testers.
Drop your work email and we'll notify you the moment our product is ready for beta testers — plus early-access pricing for the first teams onboarded.
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Behind the product
"Per-seat AI pricing forces engineering managers to fly blind. You can't tell which projects are profitable with AI, which ones are burning cash, or why your best developers are the first to get blocked. Project-level budgets fix all three."
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How does Tokenwise track AI usage?
Tokenwise sits in front of your existing AI providers as an API gateway (OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, and others). Every request is tagged with a project ID, so usage and cost flow into the dashboard automatically — no per-tool integration work.
Why allocate budgets per project instead of per person?
Per-seat billing tells you nothing about what AI is actually being used for. Project budgets let you measure ROI on the work itself, catch a single project burning through the month's tokens, and pool capacity so the people doing the most important work don't get blocked.
Who is Tokenwise for?
Engineering managers at code agencies, tech-heavy SMEs, and scaleups — anyone who needs to defend AI spend, prove ROI per project, and keep their developers from getting blocked mid-sprint.
Can it embed into our existing project management tool?
Yes. The MVP ships as a standalone dashboard and as embeds that drop into Linear, Jira, Notion, and other PM tools — so AI budget lives next to the project it belongs to.
What does the free AI spend review include?
A 30-minute call where we map your current AI tooling, where token spend is going, which projects are likely losing money on AI, and where engineers are most at risk of getting blocked by per-seat limits.