Track generative media spend: ElevenLabs, Kling AI and BytePlus
Import voice, video and media generation spend next to cloud and LLM costs, and allocate it to products.
Runs in
Claude · Slack
First optimization recommendation
The next day
ROI
Pays for itself with the first recommendation you act on
Show last month's spend on ElevenLabs, Kling AI and BytePlus by product.
Media generation, September: €7,900. Kling AI €4,600 (video previews), ElevenLabs €2,100 (voice-over), BytePlus €1,200. Video previews grew 2.4× after the template launch.
The product team adjusts usage or limits.
Playbook
What the agent does
From what Costory notices to what you decide. Costory suggests the next step in conversation, and you decide whether to go ahead.
Costory notices
Weekly media generation spend crosses your threshold.
Context used
Remembered
Costory investigates
01
Connect
ElevenLabs workspace usage, Kling AI pack usage and wallet charges, BytePlus bill details.
02
Normalize
The same cost model as cloud.
03
Allocate
To products and features.
04
Watch
Alerts on weekly spend.
Where you see it
Claude
You decide
The product team adjusts usage or limits.
Why it matters
Generative media tools are billed through wallets and packs, outside the cloud bill. They grow fast and stay invisible.
Who it’s for
AI product teams, finance
Where it runs
Claude · Slack
What you get
What lands in front of your team
Visible media spend
Next to cloud and LLMs.
Allocated
By product or feature.
Spend alerts
Before the wallet surprises you.
Sources and assistants
What it connects
Data sources
Example prompts
Or drive it yourself
FAQ
Questions about this playbook
Which AI providers can Costory import?
OpenAI, Anthropic (API and claude.ai Enterprise), Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, OpenRouter, Cursor, ElevenLabs, Kling AI and BytePlus.
How long does this playbook take to set up?
Connecting your billing data and the Costory MCP takes under 30 minutes with Terraform or CloudFormation. The playbook itself takes minutes: pick the scope, the trigger and the Slack channel. The first billing data lands the next day, and the agent starts from there.
Can we adjust what the agent does?
Yes. You choose the trigger, the scope (team, service, environment), the channel and the format, and you can pause or change it at any time.
Does Costory change anything in our cloud accounts?
No. Costory reads billing exports and the metrics you connect, and has no write access to your cloud. Actions it takes create Costory objects only: alerts, reports, dashboards and events. Your team stays in control of every change.
Step-by-step guide in the Costory docs
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First optimization recommendation
The next day
ROI
Pays for itself with the first recommendation you act on
Setup
About 30 minutes
Data residency
EU
Access
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