Transparent AI Usage Metering and Billing Dashboard

P6/10April 12, 2026

WhatA real-time, token-level usage dashboard that sits between developers and AI coding tool providers, independently tracking and auditing every token consumed against what the provider reports.

SignalDevelopers paying $200/month for premium AI coding subscriptions are hitting usage limits in under two hours with no way to understand what consumed their quota, leading to rage and churn — the core problem is zero transparency in metering.

Why NowAI coding assistants have crossed from novelty to critical daily workflow tools in 2025-2026, and premium tiers ($100-$200/mo) create real financial stakes where opaque billing is no longer tolerable.

MarketMillions of professional developers using paid AI coding tools (Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, Codex); TAM grows with every new AI dev tool subscriber. No one currently audits these providers independently.

MoatNetwork effects from aggregating anonymized usage data across thousands of developers creates the only independent benchmark for what AI tool usage actually costs, becoming the de facto consumer advocacy layer.

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