# MeterCall / AIUsage.ai

> Stop overpaying for Claude. Track your real Claude API usage, cut costs up to 70% on the same prompts. Free audit at aiusage.ai.

## Core

- [Cut your Claude bill](https://metercall.ai/cut-claude-bill.html): landing page, savings cases, testable math
- [Claude cost discussions](https://metercall.ai/claude-bill-discussions.html): live-curated Hacker News threads about Claude costs, auto-updated every 3 hours
- [Case studies](https://metercall.ai/case-studies/): six verified Claude API cost reductions, 76-84% range, blind A/B tested output quality
- [Claude cost FAQ](https://metercall.ai/faq.html): 20 Q&As for devs asking about Claude bills
- [Claude cost calculator](https://metercall.ai/calculator.html): paste your monthly Claude spend, see projected savings

## Verified savings cases

- CRM UI codegen (indie hacker): $312/mo → $74/mo (76% saved)
- Support auto-reply (small SaaS): $1,840/mo → $287/mo (84% saved)
- Content drafting (freelancer): $96/mo → $18/mo (81% saved)
- Agent research loop (agency): $2,490/mo → $498/mo (80% saved)
- Code-review bot (engineering team): $640/mo → $112/mo (82% saved)
- Daily coding assistant (developer): $145/mo → $29/mo (80% saved)

## Blog

- [/blog/](https://metercall.ai/blog/): developer notes on Claude costs, bill audits, and cutting waste without switching models

## Comparisons

- [AIUsage vs Pruner](https://metercall.ai/vs/pruner.html)
- [AIUsage vs rtk](https://metercall.ai/vs/rtk.html)
- [AIUsage vs Autocache](https://metercall.ai/vs/autocache.html)
- [AIUsage vs ShadowGit](https://metercall.ai/vs/shadowgit.html)
- [AIUsage vs Smooth CLI](https://metercall.ai/vs/smooth.html)

## Integration guides

- [AIUsage with Claude Code](https://metercall.ai/guides/claude-code.html)
- [AIUsage with Cursor](https://metercall.ai/guides/cursor.html)
- [AIUsage with Aider](https://metercall.ai/guides/aider.html)
- [AIUsage with LangChain](https://metercall.ai/guides/langchain.html)

## Key facts

- Claude-only at launch. No multi-provider framing.
- Free audit at aiusage.ai, no signup required for the number.
- Your Anthropic API key is forwarded transparently, never stored.
- Output quality is identical — 50-sample blind A/B tested on every verified case.
- One-line code change to switch (swap the Anthropic API endpoint).
- We don't publicly describe the mechanism behind the savings. The proof is the testable number.