Comparison
Both track your Claude Code token usage and cost. The difference is scope: ccusage is a free, local, no-account CLI for your own spend on one machine. TokenMaxing is a hosted layer that tracks usage over time, attributes it per repo and per developer, adds a leaderboard, and forwards cost-enriched telemetry into your own stack.
Full disclosure: TokenMaxing exists because we needed several Claude and Codex accounts tracked separately on one machine — and nothing did it.
Pick ccusage if
You want a free, open-source CLI to check your own Claude Code spend locally — no account, fully offline, data never leaves your machine.
Pick TokenMaxing if
You want usage tracked over time and attributed per repo, compared on a leaderboard, rolled up across a team, or streamed as cost-enriched OpenTelemetry into your own observability stack.
| Feature | ccusage | TokenMaxing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, open-source | Free to start (hosted) |
| Runs | Your terminal, one machine | Hosted dashboard + menu-bar app |
| Setup | npx ccusage | Install the desktop app |
| Claude Code usage & cost | Yes | Yes |
| Codex support | No | Yes |
| Cost in USD | Yes | Yes |
| Per-repo attribution | No | Yes |
| Per-developer / multi-user | No | Yes |
| Multiple Claude / Codex accounts, one machine | Merged into one total | Tracked separately per account |
| Team & org rollups | No | Yes |
| Persistent history across machines | No | Yes |
| Leaderboard & badges | No | Yes |
| Shareable profile card | No | Yes |
| Cost-enriched OpenTelemetry forwarding | No | Yes |
| Works fully offline | Yes | No |
| No account required | Yes | No |
| Data stays 100% local | Yes | Opt-in — teams private by default |
ccusage is an independent open-source project. Comparison reflects general capabilities and may change as both tools evolve.
ccusage is a free, open-source command-line tool that reads your local Claude Code logs and prints token usage and estimated cost — daily, monthly, or per session — right in your terminal. It’s fast, private by default, and needs no account. It’s single-machine and single-user by design.
TokenMaxing tracks Claude Code and Codex usage and cost, attributes every token to a repository and a developer, and keeps a persistent history — including when you run multiple Claude or Codex accounts on one machine, each tracked as its own identity. Individuals climb an opt-in leaderboard and share a profile card; teams get private, org-scoped spend visibility and can forward cost-enriched OpenTelemetry into Datadog, Grafana, or Honeycomb.
It depends what you need. ccusage is a free, local, no-account CLI that shows your own Claude Code usage and cost on one machine. TokenMaxing is a hosted layer that also tracks usage over time, attributes it per repo and per developer, adds a leaderboard, and can forward cost-enriched OpenTelemetry into your own stack. Many people use ccusage for a quick local check and TokenMaxing for history, teams, and sharing.
Yes. ccusage is open-source and runs locally via npx with no account.
It’s free to start. TokenMaxing is currently invite-only via a waitlist — claim your handle to get in line.
Yes. TokenMaxing tracks both Claude Code and Codex token usage and cost. ccusage focuses on Claude Code.
Yes — this is a core TokenMaxing feature. Point the collector at each account’s config directory (say, a personal Claude and a work Claude) and every account is tracked as its own identity, with its own history and attribution. ccusage reads whatever local logs it finds but reports them as one merged total, with no per-account split.
Yes. TokenMaxing is OpenTelemetry-native and can forward OTLP into any OTLP-compatible observability stack, with estimated USD cost injected per token. A local CLI like ccusage doesn’t do this.
Only if you want it to be. The global leaderboard is opt-in, and team dashboards are private by default.
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Keep the terminal check — then let TokenMaxing keep the history, the ranking, and the cost math. Free to start.