# Cost Management

## Cost Management

### Monitoring Usage

```
OpenAI Dashboard:
- platform.openai.com/usage
- View daily/monthly usage
- Set billing alerts
- Check per-model costs

Anthropic Console:
- console.anthropic.com
- Usage analytics
- Cost breakdown
```

### Setting Limits

```
OpenAI:
- Set monthly budget cap
- Configure billing alerts
- Enable hard limits

Azure:
- Set spending limits
- Configure alerts
- Use Azure Cost Management
```

### Cost Optimization

```
Strategies:
1. Use appropriate model for task
   - GPT-3.5 for simple completions
   - GPT-4 only when needed

2. Reduce context size
   - Select less code
   - Be specific in prompts

3. Cache common patterns
   - Use .cursorrules effectively
   - Reduce repeated queries
```
