Definition
Token Cost Attribution
Allocating the cost of LLM API tokens to specific customers based on their actual usage.
Formula: Token Cost = Tokens Used x Cost per Token
Worked example
Customer uses 1M input tokens at $3/1M and 500K output tokens at $15/1M = $3 + $7.50 = $10.50 total token cost.
Related
- Cost Intelligence→ (how Bear Lumen applies this)
- Model Economics
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