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What is the most practical way to track token usage and manage API costs when building internal workflows using OpenAI models?

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What is the most practical way to track token usage and manage API costs when building internal workflows using OpenAI models?
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OpenAI API official documentation usage token counts response usage pricing costs dashboard project budgets rate limits 2026Google ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

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Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

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OpenAI API official documentation usage token counts response usage pricing costs dashboard project budgets rate limits 2026 Google ↗
  1. Reviewing API usage and costs · help.openai.com
  2. Understanding and counting tokens · help.openai.com
  3. Counting tokens · developers.openai.com
  4. OpenAI API pricing · openai.com
  5. OpenAI Usage Dashboard · platform.openai.com
  6. How to use the Usage API and Cost API to monitor your OpenAI usage · developers.openai.com
  7. Spend limits · developers.openai.com
  8. Rate limits · developers.openai.com

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OpenAI API official documentation usage token counts response usage pricing costs dashboard project budgets rate limits 2026
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