How do I budget Agent API costs for a team or company?

1. Measure: run 10–20 representative tasks and note their cost in Usage.
2. Choose tiers: default to auto or flash; allow max/heavy only for tasks that need it.
3. Set limits: give team members daily quotas and monthly limits in Team.
4. Fund deliberately: credits are prepaid (top up from $1 to $800 per purchase), so your balance is a hard cap.
5. Monitor: a job with an account:read key checks GET /v1/account and alerts on low balance or high spend.

Learn more#

• Plans and credits
• Limits and best practices