PromptSpend – LLM API Price Tracker with Sources
Daily-updated LLM API prices, each with official source links
- Problem
- Developers struggle to compare real-time LLM API prices because they change often and sources are scattered across vendor docs. Budgeting or model selection requires manual verification, risking decisions based on outdated prices.
- Solution
- A website that automatically checks major LLM API prices daily and records source links. It offers a comparison table, historical price changes, and a cost estimator by token usage, with every price linked to official docs.
- Users
- AI app developers, startup CTOs, product managers managing API costs
- MVP
- Crawl or manually maintain major LLM API prices; auto-check daily for changes and record sources; provide comparison table and simple cost calculator; email alerts for price changes
- Revenue
- Free basic lookup; paid subscription for price change alerts and cost optimization tips; paid API access
- Why now
- LLM API price wars are intense with frequent adjustments; developers are cost-sensitive, but existing comparison tools are outdated and lack sources