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Tokonomics vs Kaeso

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Tokonomics compared with Kaeso
DetailTokonomics logo TokonomicsKaeso logo Kaeso
What it doesBudget-first AI cost metering proxy for any stack Open-source AI gateway you run yourself
StageStartup Not given
Founded2025 Not given
Based inCA Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Open source
PricingFree: $0/month with 100 API calls/month, 1 seat, basic analytics, 30-day retention. Pro: $49/month with unlimited API calls, 5 seats, full analytics, hard spending caps, 90-day retention. Not given
Key features
  • Real-time cost tracking with per-model and per-tag breakdowns
  • Budget alerts via email, Slack, or Teams at configurable thresholds
  • Hard spending caps that block requests with 429 response
  • Rate limiting with sliding window per API key
  • Support for 9 LLM providers and 60+ models
  • Analytics dashboard with daily spend charts and latency metrics
  • Works with any programming language via HTTP proxy
  • AES-256 encryption for provider API keys with BYOK model
  • 90-day data retention on Pro plan
  • Tag-based cost attribution by team, feature, or customer
  • Single sign-on with OpenID Connect and two-factor authentication
  • Format translation through KPP canonical format, allowing any SDK to call any model
  • Spend and token budgets with hard limits that are never skipped
  • Complete request logging with status, tokens, cost, timing and content when permitted
  • Encrypted provider key storage with AES-256-GCM
  • Web console for managing organizations, projects, members, roles and request logs
  • Stateless Rust gateway for horizontal scaling
  • Support for 14 built-in AI providers
  • Docker Compose deployment with Caddy, PostgreSQL, Valkey and ClickHouse
  • Error reporting that names unsupported fields instead of silently dropping them
What makes it different
  • Minimal 31ms proxy overhead, only 3.6% latency impact on typical calls
  • No SDKs required, works with any HTTP client out of the box
  • Never stores prompts or completions, only billing metadata
  • Hard spending caps enforced by Redis to prevent overspend
  • OpenID Connect single sign-on and two-factor authentication included in the open-source code, not an enterprise edition
  • Hard budgets with worst-case reserves for every request to prevent burst overruns
  • Single MIT-licensed repository for gateway, console, KPP and UI library with no separate enterprise version
  • Rust gateway architecture with no interpreter on the hot path for performance
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)28 no change since last check20 +17 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)54
Citation Flow (Majestic)1919
Referring domains (Majestic)6915

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