Log API Usage → Analyze Costs → Send Budget Alerts

beginner15 minPublished Mar 31, 2026
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Track your AI gateway API usage patterns, analyze costs across different models, and get proactive budget alerts before overspending.

Workflow Steps

1

LiteLLM

Log API usage and costs

Configure LiteLLM's built-in logging to capture detailed usage metrics including model calls, token consumption, response times, and associated costs across different AI providers.

2

Google Sheets

Analyze spending patterns

Use Google Sheets API to automatically import LiteLLM logs, create pivot tables showing cost breakdown by model, user, and time period, with formulas calculating daily/monthly burn rates.

3

Slack

Send budget alerts

Set up Google Apps Script to monitor spending thresholds in your sheet and send formatted Slack messages when costs exceed 80% of monthly budget or show unusual spikes.

Workflow Flow

Step 1

LiteLLM

Log API usage and costs

Step 2

Google Sheets

Analyze spending patterns

Step 3

Slack

Send budget alerts

Why This Works

LiteLLM provides unified logging across AI providers, Google Sheets offers powerful analysis capabilities, and Slack ensures immediate visibility into spending patterns before costs spiral out of control.

Best For

Engineering teams using multiple AI models who need to control and optimize their API spending

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