Automatic AI spend tracking — now live

Every AI dollar,
finally visible.

TheBuildShield auto-tracks your spend across ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and Gemini. No CSV exports, no manual entry — just clear visibility into where your AI budget goes.

Privacy-firstNo prompts storedOpen source

Tracks spend across

ChatGPTClaudeCursorGeminiCopilot

The problem

The bill you never saw coming.

Every AI tool bills differently. No single view. No totals. Just guessing.

Claude Code
MISSING
Session tokens used
Cost this session
$ /cost commandN/A
Max plan total???

No cost data for Max subscribers

Cursor
UNCLEAR
Fast requests used234 / 500
Slow requestsunlimited
GPT-4.1 creditsvariable
Total cost???

Credits consumed at varying rates per model

OpenAI API
SURPRISE
Batch job 04/12$412.00
Chat completions$89.42
Embeddings$12.18
Invoice total$513.60

Unexpected charge found at month end

Sound familiar? ↓

The solution

One dashboard. Total clarity.

TheBuildShield aggregates every platform into a single, real-time view of your true AI spend.

March 2026

LIVE

$0

total AI spend this month

ChatGPT

gpt-4.1 + gpt-4.1-mini

$0

Claude

claude-sonnet-4.6 + haiku-4.5

$0

Cursor

Pro plan + overages

$0

Gemini

gemini-3.1-flash

$0
Spend Score73 / 100

See it in action

Your dashboard, in full detail.

Real data. Real charts. Everything you've been missing across all your AI tools.

buildshield.app/dashboard
LIVE DATA

Total this month

$0

Spend Score

0/100

Platforms

4 active

90-Day Spend Trend

Platform Breakdown

ChatGPT
Claude
Cursor
Gemini

Top Models

gpt-5.4$128.40
claude-sonnet-4.6$94.20
cursor-composer$72.10
gemini-3.1-flash$52.82

No data sent to servers · All processing happens locally in your browser

Features

Built for developers who
hate billing surprises.

Browser Extension

Auto-captures billing data from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI, and Cursor — no manual entry, ever.

ChromeFirefoxEdge

CLI Companion

Scans local Claude Code sessions. Adds them to your unified dashboard.

$ buildshield scan

Model Swap AI

Save 20–40% by switching to cheaper models for your actual workload.

90-Day Trends

Your spending over time, at a glance.

Budget Alerts

Slack or email notifications when daily spend crosses your threshold.

⚠ Daily limit reached

$45.00 / $40.00 budget

Privacy First

Everything processed locally. Zero data leaves your machine. No accounts required for the free tier.

No server uploads
No tracking
Open source

How it works

Up and running in minutes.

01

Install the extension

Add TheBuildShield to Chrome, Firefox, or Edge. No account required.

02

Use AI as normal

TheBuildShield silently captures billing data in the background across all platforms.

03

Open your dashboard

See your true total spend, trends, and swap recommendations — all in one place.

$0

avg monthly spend tracked

0

platforms connected

0%

savings with swap recs

Pricing

Pricing that pays for itself.

If TheBuildShield saves even $50/mo in wasted AI spend, Pro is already profitable.

Free

Try TheBuildShield with basic limits.

$0

  • 2 uploads / month
  • Core analytics & spend score
  • Top 3 insights
  • No credit card needed

Starter

2 full reports, one-time payment.

$12

  • 2 report credits (never expire)
  • Complete optimization playbooks
  • Export & download analysis
  • Zero-Trust in-memory processing
Most Popular

Pro

For active builders shipping weekly.

$19/mo

  • Unlimited uploads & exports
  • Full optimization playbooks
  • History & trend tracking
  • API endpoint access (1,000 calls/mo)
  • Priority recommendations

Founder

Lifetime access, support indie software.

$99

  • Lifetime Pro access
  • Unlimited API endpoint calls
  • "Founding Member" badge
  • Early access to features
  • Priority support

FAQ

Questions answered.