Claude subscriptions are 15-30x cheaper than the API. Full cost breakdown of Claude Code plans, OpenRouter setup, best API models for agentic coding, and an open-source token visibility dashboard.
The token visibility gap is the real issue. You can't optimize what you can't measure. Most teams switch to API mode the moment they start caring about cost — not because the subscription is bad value, but because the opacity makes budgeting impossible at scale. The teams that stay on subscription are the ones treating it like a tool, not infrastructure.
Ah ok didn’t immediately recognize it - thanks Pawel will take another look tmrw. Loved the projectdetail to see where my costs went, large part was my Claude memory plugin logging observations. Immediately switched the model for it to Haiku. And updated some settings, will also ask the builder to add some more granularity to be able to adjust spend. Again all started with insights from your Dashboard
Kind of anxious about using /compact - you don't have control over what useful information stays. I'd rather keep an eye on the context left and manually manage that via new sesisons.
The token visibility gap is the real issue. You can't optimize what you can't measure. Most teams switch to API mode the moment they start caring about cost — not because the subscription is bad value, but because the opacity makes budgeting impossible at scale. The teams that stay on subscription are the ones treating it like a tool, not infrastructure.
I’ve been playing around with your dashboard - think it is valuable to add cache read and write costs? For a more detailed insight?
They are already included in all calculations.
Ah ok didn’t immediately recognize it - thanks Pawel will take another look tmrw. Loved the projectdetail to see where my costs went, large part was my Claude memory plugin logging observations. Immediately switched the model for it to Haiku. And updated some settings, will also ask the builder to add some more granularity to be able to adjust spend. Again all started with insights from your Dashboard
Cool! Is there a schedule available for the course? I’m only seeing the May 9 start date.
Great feedback. We need to add it.
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Kind of anxious about using /compact - you don't have control over what useful information stays. I'd rather keep an eye on the context left and manually manage that via new sesisons.
A rule of thumb:
- New similar task from the same domain: /compact
- New task from the same project or unrelated: /clear
The knowledge you need across tasks should live in the repo, so the agent can access it when needed
Is this going to affect simple n8n workflows that use the API? Looks like minimally right?
Hey, the API is unaffected
Perrrrfect ☺️
newbie here, any beginner instructions how to install the dashboard please? I downloaded zip but claude cannot find skill.md, thanks
Do you have the link to sign up for the AI Agents Claudathon ?
When i click on the link above, it brings me to a 404 page not found page.
Thanks.
Fixed before: https://go.productcompass.pm/claudathon