Cost Tracking
OpenAI tells you what you owe them. MarginDash tells you what your customers owe you.
OpenAI's usage dashboard shows aggregate spend by model, but it can't break costs down by customer or connect them to revenue. MarginDash tracks OpenAI costs per customer alongside Anthropic, Google, and every other provider — then reconciles against your actual Stripe revenue to show realized margin.
| Feature | OpenAI Dashboard | MarginDash |
|---|---|---|
| Cost tracking | OpenAI only | 100+ models, all vendors |
| Revenue/margin per customer | Not available | |
| Stripe revenue sync | Not available | |
| Profit-leak alerts | Usage alerts only | Per customer, event type, org |
| Cost simulator | Not available | With intelligence ranking |
| Multi-provider | Not available |
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OpenAI's dashboard updates hours after the fact. By the time you see a spike, you've already lost money on a runaway customer. MarginDash catches cost anomalies in real time and connects them to actual Stripe revenue — not token estimates. You see realized margin per customer, not a bar chart of what you owe OpenAI.
Your product uses OpenAI for chat, Anthropic for analysis, Google for embeddings. OpenAI's dashboard shows you one silo. MarginDash shows you the total cost per customer across every provider — and subtracts it from their actual subscription revenue. That's the number your CFO cares about.
Every time a cheaper model drops, you could be saving money — but OpenAI's dashboard won't tell you that. MarginDash's cost simulator lets you pick any event type and see what it would cost with a different model, ranked by intelligence per dollar. Find a model that's 40% cheaper with comparable quality, without writing a single line of code.
If you exclusively use OpenAI models and only need to see how much you owe at the end of the month, OpenAI's built-in dashboard does the job. But if you need to know which customers are profitable, track costs across multiple providers, get alerted before a customer blows through your margin, or simulate switching models — that's what MarginDash is built for.
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The metric that matters
Other tools estimate cost from tokens. MarginDash reconciles actual Stripe revenue against AI costs — accounting for coupons, tiered pricing, and annual credits. You see who's profitable and who's underwater.
| Customer | Revenue | Cost | Margin | Margin % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plexo Health | $233.25 | $277.20 | -$43.95 | -18.8% |
| Vantage Ops | $358.86 | $421.66 | -$62.80 | -17.5% |
| Stratos Cloud | $417.32 | $357.64 | $59.68 | 14.3% |
| Canopy Labs | $350.89 | $316.85 | $34.04 | 9.7% |
| Prism Data | $105.80 | $87.23 | $18.57 | 17.6% |
Other tools estimate cost from tokens. MarginDash reconciles cost against actual revenue. Pass revenueAmountInCents and see realized margin — not guesswork.
// After your existing AI call
md.addUsage({ vendor: "openai", model: response.model,
inputTokens: response.usage.prompt_tokens,
outputTokens: response.usage.completion_tokens });
md.track({
customerId: user.id,
eventType: "summarize",
revenueAmountInCents: subscription.amount
});Create an account, install the SDK, and see your first margin data in minutes.
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