Make sense of your cost

AI agent cost can feel like a mystery. Berth’s Usage screen turns it into three readable views.

Start with the three breakdowns

  • By model — which models cost the most (e.g., a frontier model vs. a smaller one).
  • By project — where the spend is going.
  • By day — when it spiked.

Tokens tell the story

Cost follows tokens: input, output, and cache. A session that re-reads large files every turn burns input tokens; long generations burn output tokens. Berth breaks tokens down so the cause is visible, not just the total.

Mind the rate limits

Berth keeps rate-limit headroom in view, so a slowdown reads as "approaching a limit" rather than a mystery stall.

Sources

  1. 01
    Claude Code — Costs

    Primary source; how usage and cost are tracked.

    https://code.claude.com/docs/en/costs