ARTICLEDEV.to AI·4/16/2026
Why LLM Cost Dashboards Are Not Enough — The Runtime Enforcement Gap
The author identifies a critical gap in LLM cost management in production: while observability tools exist, runtime budget enforcement is largely missing. He argues that discovering high bills at month-end via dashboards is too late and introduces LLMeter, an open-source tool for per-user cost attribution and budget alerts.
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