Token Economics

The math behind LLM costs, ROI modeling, and strategic cost governance for AI teams.

How to Track LLM Costs Before They Track You: An AI FinOps Guide

Your LLM bill arrived and no one on the team can explain it. Not by feature, not by team, not by model. You know you spent $4,200 on OpenAI last month. That's t

Apr 3, 2026·8 min read

Helicone vs Edgee: Which LLM Gateway Actually Cuts Your Token Costs?

Every engineering team scaling an AI application eventually hits the wall of soaring LLM token costs. It often starts with a single high-context agent or a popu

Mar 5, 2026·6 min read

The 2026 Engineering Playbook for Cutting LLM Infrastructure Costs at Scale

## Executive Summary By early 2026, the initial wave of AI experimentation has transitioned into a rigid era of production-grade infrastructure requirements. E

Mar 5, 2026·5 min read

5 Ways Prompt Compression Cuts Token Usage Without Breaking Reasoning

Large Language Models do not struggle because they lack intelligence; they struggle because we overload them with unnecessary tokens. In production Retrieval-Au

Mar 5, 2026·5 min read

The Hidden Math Behind LLM Costs: Why Teams Overpay by 40%

Most engineering teams calculate their LLM spend using a deceptive simplicity. The formula seems straightforward: multiply your total tokens by the provider's a

Mar 5, 2026·5 min read