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Cost Attribution for AI Features: Tracking What Your LLM Calls Actually Cost

A practical guide to attributing LLM API spend to features, customers, and prompt versions, with a working middleware pattern for token and cost tracking.

Sachin Sharma
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Jul 13, 2026
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Cost Attribution for AI Features: Tracking What Your LLM Calls Actually Cost
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A practical guide to attributing LLM API spend to features, customers, and prompt versions, with a working middleware pattern for token and cost tracking.

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Sachin Sharma

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