Keito keeps AI agent costs, accountant review time, engagement context, and billing approval together so automation supports margin without making the invoice harder to explain.
Partner billing review
AI-assisted work reviewed
38 engagements
Active work
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Time captured with context
AI agent billing for accounting firms
Billing review complete
Client and project checked
Invoice evidence ready
Approved summary prepared
AI agent billing for accounting firms needs more than a timer. The billing record has to keep client, project, approval, and invoice context together before the work reaches finance.
Record token fees, subscription usage, and compute costs against the client project they serve as the agents run — not reconstructed at billing time from company card statements.
Combine AI agent cost records with human billable hours in one review so the total delivery effort is visible before the invoice cycle starts.
Use reviewed human and agent cost data to prepare client summaries and invoice backup that reflect how the work was actually delivered.
AI-assisted engagement billing
An accounting firm may use an AI agent to classify documents, draft a client summary, investigate an exception, or prepare a first-pass reconciliation. The provider bill shows model or tool usage, but it does not say which client engagement caused the cost, how much professional review followed, or whether the work belongs in a fixed fee, an hourly invoice, or firm overhead. Keito supplies that commercial record. Teams attach AI-assisted activity and costs to the client and engagement, record the accountant review needed to validate the result, and send the combined record through partner approval before billing. The invoice can then describe the agreed service outcome while the detailed source and cost context stays available internally for margin review. Keito does not claim to ingest activity automatically from every accounting or AI system. It provides API, CLI, and agent-friendly logging plus the review and billing workspace around the work, so firms can adopt only the capture methods that match their controls.
Attribute AI agent activity, model costs, and review time to the client engagement that caused them
Separate recoverable client delivery from internal experimentation and firm overhead before billing
Keep partner-approved evidence for fixed-fee, hourly, retainer, or separately agreed AI-assisted work
Workflow fit
Keito keeps AI agent billing for accounting firms connected to client, project, billable status, approval, and invoice context before the work reaches finance.
Attribute AI agent activity, model costs, and review time to the client engagement that caused them
Separate recoverable client delivery from internal experimentation and firm overhead before billing
Keep partner-approved evidence for fixed-fee, hourly, retainer, or separately agreed AI-assisted work
Keito tracks AI agent costs against the same client and project structure as human billable hours so agent spend is never invisible overhead. Agent sessions land as source-tagged time entries via the CLI, API, or Agent Skill, with LLM token costs logged as expenses.
See total delivery cost — human hours and AI agent costs together — by client and project so pricing, margins, and billing decisions reflect the real cost of work.
Keito flat pricing means adding AI tracking capacity to the billing workflow does not create a per-seat cost spike as more people and more agents are involved in delivery.
The difference is not just recording time. It is whether the record can support billing, project decisions, and client conversations.
Engagement-level AI billing vs aggregate provider spend
Keito keeps AI agent billing for accounting firms tied to clients, projects, billable status, approvals, and billing summaries in one workspace.
Typical setups capture time in one tool and rebuild the billing explanation later from exports, comments, or spreadsheet cleanup.
Review before invoicing
Managers review entries before they become invoice evidence, so missing context is fixed internally rather than during a client dispute.
Raw timer exports usually reach finance before delivery leads have confirmed whether the work is billable, complete, or client-ready.
Predictable team pricing
Flat-rate plans let delivery staff, reviewers, contractors, and finance users participate without per-seat pricing friction.
Per-seat time trackers make teams choose between clean billing participation and controlling tool spend.
AI agent billing for an accounting firm is the process of attributing AI-assisted work, provider costs, and accountant review time to the client engagement that benefited. Keito keeps those inputs together for partner review, margin analysis, and invoice evidence.
The engagement agreement should decide whether AI-assisted work is included in a fixed fee, billed by professional time, charged as an agreed expense, or priced by outcome. Keito records the underlying human and AI delivery cost so partners can apply the agreed model consistently rather than inventing a charge at month end.
Keito adds client, engagement, billable status, human review, approval, and invoice context to AI delivery records. An observability or provider dashboard can explain technical usage and aggregate spend, while Keito is designed to turn the approved commercial record into client reporting and billing evidence.
Yes, when the firm first maps its client and engagement structure, billing rules, reviewer ownership, and evidence requirements into the new workflow. Keito lets firms introduce source-tagged AI costs alongside human time while preserving a partner review step before anything supports an invoice.
No automatic import from every accounting or AI system is claimed. Keito supports API, CLI, and agent-friendly logging and provides the client attribution, review, reporting, and billing layer; firms choose capture methods that fit their systems and control requirements.
Solo includes 1 licensed user, unlimited AI agents, Mac desktop and iOS apps, Stripe payments, and standard CSV and Excel exports. Pro adds your team. Business adds integrations, planning, advanced reporting, and stronger controls.
1 licensed user
For independent consultants, freelancers, and small studios running work with AI agents.
Team collaboration
For teams that need shared workspaces, approvals, and team-level project visibility.
Advanced operations
For organizations that need integrations, planning, advanced reporting, and stronger controls.
AI agents do not require licenses on any plan.
Solo, Pro, and Business can use API keys for agent workflows.
Solo, Pro, and Business include standard CSV and Excel data export.
Start with Solo, add people on Pro when you need reviewers or collaborators, and see how Keito turns tracked effort into clearer reports.