Agent SDK: bill the dollar cost of LLM calls, margin built in
Blog post from Lago
The introduction of the Lago Agent SDK has simplified the process of reselling LLM access by integrating a pricing service that automatically handles token usage and billing events. This SDK not only converts LLM token usage into billing events but also calculates costs based on model prices, applies user-defined markups, and sends a comprehensive llm_cost event to Lago. With centralized pricing from Lago-maintained public price lists for various models, the need for maintaining personal price files or provider API keys is eliminated. The system is designed to avoid revenue loss by defaulting to token-count events if a price is unavailable, ensuring usage is still logged and flagged for investigation. While the new price mode is optional and requires activation to change existing integrations, it provides a streamlined and automated approach to managing LLM costs using open-source SDKs in Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
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