Roadmap
Building in public: what's shipping next
We share what we're working on and what's coming up so customers can plan with confidence. Priorities may evolve based on feedback.
In progress
Usage plan templates
One-click presets for common AI billing models (free trial, credits, PAYG, per-seat + usage).
In progressHigh valueMed complexityStripe setup wizard
Guided setup that creates Stripe meters/prices, validates webhooks, and verifies the first invoice end-to-end.
In progressHigh valueMed complexityBudget & limit policies
Define budgets and caps by customer, feature, model, and capability with hard/soft enforcement.
In progressHigh valueHigh complexity
Completed
Usage Based Billing Essentials
Allow customers to set plan tiers, and track customer usage against those tiers.
CompletedHigh valueMed complexityCentral operations dashboard
Real-time view of calls, tokens, cost, and errors by customer and AI feature.
CompletedHigh valueMed complexityPrebuilt Usage Dashboard Widgets
Allow customers to give their users AI usage and billing dashboards.
CompletedHigh valueMed complexityOverage controls
Block, throttle, bill overage, or enable PAYG when customers hit limits.
CompletedHigh valueMed complexityPredictive usage intelligence
Forecast future usage and spend in dollars and calls with early-warning alerts.
CompletedHigh valueHigh complexityUsage notifications and alerts
Allow regular AI feature usage and costs to be sent by email.
CompletedHigh valueMed complexityEnd-user usage alerts
Allow customers’ users to be alerted about usage forecast for upselling and credit purchasing.
CompletedHigh valueMed complexityPAYG (Pay as You Go) support
Allow pre-paid AI usage to avoid fronting AI costs.
CompletedHigh valueHigh complexityCustom Meters
Allow custom metering of outcome based usage in application.
CompletedHigh valueMed complexityStripe integration
Send and manage usage meters with Stripe.
CompletedHigh valueHigh complexityOpenTelemetry exports
Export calls, tokens, and cost to any OTLP endpoint (Datadog, Grafana, New Relic, etc.).
CompletedMed valueMed complexityAnomaly detection
Alert when usage patterns differ from normal.
CompletedMed valueHigh complexityDeveloper-friendly API & SDK
Ship metering, limits, and billing quickly with a simple API surface and SDK.
CompletedHigh valueMed complexityAI Feature Usage Analytics
A dashboard showing what AI features are being used—Google Analytics for AI features with in-depth analysis.
CompletedHigh valueMed complexity
Planned
Response quality tracking
Handle application response quality feedback, with visualizations and alerting.
PlannedMed valueHigh complexityCustomer Location Routing
Return customer geography to help applications route to the right geography.
PlannedLow valueLow complexityForecast-to-revenue simulator
Replay historical usage through a proposed plan to estimate revenue, overage, churn risk, and margin.
PlannedHigh valueHigh complexitySelf-Serve Credit Storefront
Embed a top-up experience so customers can pre-buy credits, auto-replenish PAYG balances, or gift usage internally.
PlannedHigh valueHigh complexityModel ROI Scorecards
Correlate response quality feedback with spend to spotlight which models deserve premium entitlements or downgrades.
PlannedMed valueHigh complexityCompliance & Audit Snapshots
Generate exportable reports summarizing policy enforcement, usage, and alerts for procurement or security reviews.
PlannedMed valueMed complexitySDK-first metering + auto-instrumentation
Capture tokens, model, latency, errors, and cost automatically for chat/agent calls with minimal code.
PlannedHigh valueHigh complexityCustomer identity & tenant mapping
Opinionated mapping from workspace/org to billing customer, plus support for projects/teams.
PlannedHigh valueMed complexityIncident-aware billing controls
Rules to auto-credit or exclude failed/slow requests from billing with a complete audit trail.
PlannedHigh valueHigh complexityUpgrade nudges toolkit
Drop-in UI + API patterns for upgrade/top-up prompts when customers approach limits (with A/B tests).
PlannedHigh valueMed complexityFeature packaging studio
Turn AI features, premium models, and capabilities on/off by plan and sell them as add-ons.
PlannedHigh valueMed complexityInvoice explainability
Drill down from Stripe invoices to the underlying usage events to reduce disputes and support time.
PlannedHigh valueHigh complexityAnomaly root-cause analysis
Explain usage spikes by feature/model/user and recommend guardrails to prevent repeat surprises.
PlannedHigh valueHigh complexity
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We'd love to hear what would make UsageTap more valuable for your team. Send ideas tosupport@usagetap.com.