# BurnRate

> BurnRate is a web-first AI provider cost-analytics dashboard for OpenAI and Anthropic: connect your model providers, see spend in one dashboard, set budgets, and catch surprises. Start free on the web. An optional local CLI/Relay adds agent-level observability for Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Aider, Cline/Roo Code, and OpenAI Codex CLI — showing sessions, subagent trees, tool calls, model usage, costs, and optimization opportunities. With the local CLI, raw prompts, source code, session content, and file paths stay on the user's machine; only aggregate metrics sync for teams.

## Get started

- macOS: `brew install --cask burnrate-dev/tap/burnrate && burnrate`
- [Installation docs](https://getburnrate.io/docs#installation): macOS, Linux, and Windows options.

## Product

- [Pricing](https://getburnrate.io/pricing): Plans and what each tier includes.
- [Docs](https://getburnrate.io/docs): Setup, configuration, and provider coverage.
- [AI Coding Tool Cost Calculator](https://getburnrate.io/calculator): Free, no-login calculator for estimating team subscription and API spend, modeling a savings scenario, and comparing it with the self-serve Pro plan.
- [AI Coding Agent Config Risk Scanner](https://getburnrate.io/agent-config-scanner): Free browser-local scan of AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, Cursor rules, Claude settings, and MCP configuration for risky permissions, unsafe commands, likely secrets, and missing approval gates. File contents never leave the browser. An optional $39 one-time safety kit adds repository-native rules and CI enforcement.
- [Course](https://getburnrate.io/course): Guided training on controlling AI coding costs.
- [2026 AI Coding Tools Cost Report](https://getburnrate.io/report): Cross-provider cost benchmark and analysis.
- [Sponsorships](https://getburnrate.io/sponsors): Reach developers comparing AI coding tools.

## Key articles

- [Blog](https://getburnrate.io/blog): Research and analysis on AI coding tool economics.
- [The real cost of AI coding tools](https://getburnrate.io/blog/real-cost-of-ai-coding-tools)
- [Cut Claude Code costs by 40%](https://getburnrate.io/blog/cut-claude-code-costs-40-percent)
- [Claude Code vs Cursor cost comparison](https://getburnrate.io/blog/claude-code-vs-cursor-cost-comparison)
- [Copilot vs Cursor vs Claude: which costs more](https://getburnrate.io/blog/copilot-vs-cursor-vs-claude-which-costs-more)
- [Claude Code API key vs subscription pricing](https://getburnrate.io/blog/claude-code-api-key-vs-subscription-pricing)
- [Autonomous agents are draining developer budgets](https://getburnrate.io/blog/autonomous-agents-draining-developer-budgets)
- [GitHub Copilot switched to AI Credits — quota burn analysis](https://getburnrate.io/blog/copilot-ai-credits-billing-shock-june-2026)
- [Subagent economics: why one small task now spawns 40 API calls](https://getburnrate.io/blog/subagent-economics-parallel-agent-cost-explosion)
- [The AI model pricing war: what 300x cost drops mean](https://getburnrate.io/blog/ai-model-pricing-war-300x-cost-drop)
- [The context tax: how prompt cache misses double your AI coding bill](https://getburnrate.io/blog/prompt-cache-miss-context-tax-2026)

## More

- [Sitemap](https://getburnrate.io/sitemap.xml)