# CostHawk

> CostHawk is a free AI API cost monitoring platform for developers and teams.
> Canonical: https://costhawk.ai/llms.txt
> Last-Updated: 2026-03-03
> Language: en-US

CostHawk tracks spend and token usage across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and other providers.
Core access starts with local MCP telemetry for developer tools. Admin API connections and wrapped proxy keys are optional paths for deeper attribution and control.

## Entity Summary

- Product: CostHawk
- Category: AI API cost monitoring and optimization
- Primary audience: developer teams and AI product operators
- Data handling: usage/cost metadata only; no prompt or response content storage

## Machine-Readable Endpoints

- [Robots](https://costhawk.ai/robots.txt)
- [Sitemap](https://costhawk.ai/sitemap.xml)
- [LLMs Full](https://costhawk.ai/llms-full.txt)

## Core Docs

- [CostHawk Docs](https://docs.costhawk.ai): Main documentation hub
- [Quickstart](https://docs.costhawk.ai/quickstart): Fastest setup path
- [MCP Server Overview](https://docs.costhawk.ai/mcp-server/overview): CLI + local telemetry setup
- [Admin API Sync](https://docs.costhawk.ai/integrations/admin-api): Provider admin connection flow
- [Wrapped Keys](https://docs.costhawk.ai/integrations/wrapped-keys): Which key to use, proxy base URLs, and provider setup
- [REST API Reference](https://docs.costhawk.ai/api-reference): Programmatic access
- [Full LLM Index](https://costhawk.ai/llms-full.txt): Extended context document

## Public Product Pages

- [Homepage](https://costhawk.ai): Product overview
- [Leaderboard](https://costhawk.ai/leaderboard): Public opt-in Claude/Codex leaderboard
- [Security](https://costhawk.ai/security): Secure AI API cost monitoring and data handling overview
- [Models](https://costhawk.ai/models): Supported models, providers, and tracking paths
- Provider pricing pages live under `https://costhawk.ai/models/{provider-slug}` for crawlable provider-specific model pricing
- Provider sections on the main catalog are anchor-addressable at `https://costhawk.ai/models#provider-{provider-slug}`
- Model rows on provider pages are anchor-addressable at `https://costhawk.ai/models/{provider-slug}#model-{provider-slug}-{model-slug}`
- [Sign Up](https://costhawk.ai/sign-up): Create a free account
- [Terms of Service](https://costhawk.ai/terms): Legal terms
- [Privacy Policy](https://costhawk.ai/privacy): Data handling policy

## MCP Package

- [costhawk on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/costhawk): Install with `npm exec --yes costhawk@latest -- --login`

## Optional

- [GitHub (MCP Server)](https://github.com/cdilling/costhawk-mcp-server): Open-source MCP server repository