What is AI cost control software?

AI cost control software measures AI usage, calculates token spend, applies budgets, restricts model access, and blocks or slows usage when cost thresholds are reached.

Can AI costs be controlled locally?

Yes. A local AI gateway can enforce budgets, model permissions, token limits, and network routing on company servers before a local model response is generated.

AI cost control software

Control AI costs before employee usage becomes unmanageable

TokenTally gives companies a local control plane for AI spend: token accounting, model pricing, budget limits, slowdown policies, and hard cutoffs for approved company AI access.

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AI cost control software helps a company know who is using AI, which models are being used, how many tokens are consumed, what each request costs, and when usage should be slowed, downgraded, or cut off.

Cost controls available in TokenTally

Token price tables

Admins enter input and output token prices for approved local models and internal OpenAI-compatible runtimes.

Weekly or monthly budgets

The gateway calculates spend by period and cuts access when the hard budget is reached.

Slowdown budgets

When a threshold is reached, usage can be preserved for senior employees, junior employees, protected departments, or downgraded to cheaper models.

Local audit logs

Admins can inspect decisions and cost history locally without sending customer usage logs to the subscription platform.

How companies reduce AI cost with TokenTally

Force approved AI traffic through the local gateway.
Import departments and employees.
Assign allowed models by department and employee.
Set token prices for every model and API.
Define monthly or weekly hard budgets.
Apply slowdown rules before spend reaches the hard cutoff.
Review usage and audit logs from the local admin dashboard.