# C10 — How to Build a Generative AI Cost and Usage Tracker

- Publisher: FinOps Foundation
- Source: [How to Build a Generative AI Cost and Usage Tracker](https://www.finops.org/wg/how-to-build-a-generative-ai-cost-and-usage-tracker/)
- Published: Not stated / not established
- Updated: Not stated / not established
- Accessed: 2026-10-22
- Type: Practitioner foundation guidance
- Evidence: opened primary page; relevant content read.

## Paraphrased finding

Recommends request attribution and date-aware model pricing records; token-based inference tracking is only one part of the cost stack.

## Limits

Its example prices are not used here. Example SQL is illustrative, not production-ready billing code.