--- title: Tracking LLM Usage, Cost, and Quality: An Essential... description: A practical guide for AI teams on tracking LLM usage, cost, and quality in production. Covers building request-level call logs with structured metadata,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tracking-llm-usage-cost-and-quality-an-essential-guide-for-ai-teams-qtngsllnf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tracking LLM Usage, Cost, and Quality: An Essential Guide for AI Teams | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide for AI teams on tracking LLM usage, cost, and quality in production. Covers building request-level call logs with structured metadata,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tracking-llm-usage-cost-and-quality-an-essential-guide-for-ai-teams-qtngsllnf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qtnGSlLnF.png og:image:alt: Tracking LLM Usage, Cost, and Quality: An Essential Guide for AI Teams og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tracking LLM Usage, Cost, and Quality: An Essential Guide for AI Teams **[PromptLayer Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/promptlayer)** · 13 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A practical guide for AI teams on tracking LLM usage, cost, and quality in production. Covers building request-level call logs with structured metadata, calculating per-call costs including tokens and retries, versioning prompts, linking traces across agent steps with trace/span IDs, setting up operational dashboards, configuring alerts for cost spikes and quality regressions, and avoiding common mistakes like logging sensitive data or missing failed requests. Includes a 5-week rollout plan and a release gate checklist for prompt and model changes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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