Attributing Costs in Multi-Agent Workflows: Beyond LLM Spend
Arc_bong · reddit · 2026-08-27
As companies deploy dozens of AI agents, measuring only "LLM spend" is insufficient. Real costs include inference, tool/API calls, vector DB usage, retries, compute time, and human reviews. The post discusses the difficulty of cost attribution in multi-agent environments (where agents call other agents) and asks whether teams rely on provider bills or use infra platforms like LiteLLM, Portkey, or TrueFoundry for granular tracking.
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