acme-health · this month
clinical-summary · prod
This customer is unprofitable.
Cost vs plan
2.0×
OpenAI sends one bill. CostSlice shows cost by customer and by feature.
Starter is free. No card. Keep your OpenAI API key. We never store prompts or completions.
acme-health · this month
clinical-summary · prod
This customer is unprofitable.
Cost vs plan
2.0×
A pass-through OpenAI proxy, then a customer P&L. Not an AI gateway.
01
Point your OpenAI client at CostSlice. Keep your OpenAI API key. Send a CostSlice key next to it.
02
Put an opaque customer ID, the feature, and the env on each request. A missing tag still completes. Starter at 10,000 requests: new proxy calls stop until you upgrade.
03
Cost versus plan, per customer and per feature. Then change the price.
Worked examples
Invented workspace examples. Not testimonials.
spend $842 · revenue $410 · margin −$432
Lesson: Untagged + chatty tenant; tag x-cs-tenant/feature or reprice.
spend $126 · revenue $390 · margin +$264
Lesson: Healthy row; don’t bury under org totals.
spend $218 · revenue $0 · margin −$218
Lesson: Missing tags still complete; spend shows in untagged.
spend $95 · revenue $120 · margin +$25
Lesson: Small healthy row. Still a customer P&L line, not an org total.
Not the org bill
OpenAI Costs/Usage group by project/key — not tenant id. CostSlice keeps your key, tags tenant/feature/env, shows P&L row.
Starter $0 · 10k · no card · never store prompts.
01
Sign in. Copy cs_live_…. That key identifies the org. Keep your OpenAI API key.
02
Set the OpenAI client base_url to https://api.costslice.com/v1. Keep your OpenAI API key.
03
Authorization is your OpenAI API key. Add x-cs-key, x-cs-tenant, x-cs-feature, and x-cs-env on the request.
04
Open Tenants. The tagged call is the first customer row. A missing tag still completes and lands in untagged. Starter at 10,000 requests: new proxy calls stop until you upgrade.
ROI sample
EXAMPLEacme-health · LLM cost $4,812 · plan $2,400 · over plan $2,412
Published sample arithmetic. Not your live P&L. We do not claim a live aha.
No card on Starter. Overage on Pro and Scale is $6 / 100k requests.
Starter
$0
10,000 requests · 7-day retention · 1 seat · hard cap, no card
Pro
$79/mo
250,000 requests · 90-day retention · Unlimited seats · $6 / 100k overage
Scale
$199/mo
2,000,000 requests · 365-day retention · Unlimited seats · $6 / 100k overage