How pre-query pricing works

The problem

Provider dashboards show costs after the fact. By the time you see the bill, the money is spent.

How Tokeven helps

The wrapper estimates the cost of each call before it runs:

1. Token estimation — counts prompt tokens locally
2. Model pricing — looks up the per-token rate for your chosen model
3. Alternatives — shows what the same call would cost on other models

In practice

Your MCP server or IDE extension shows:

• •"This call will cost ~$0.12 on Opus"
• •"Same call on Sonnet: ~$0.02"
• •"Haiku: ~$0.003"

This makes cost a visible input to your model choice, not a surprise on the bill.