Selling AI work at a flat fee feels efficient until the model bill arrives. Keito sets agent and model cost against the revenue from each client and project so profitability is a number you can see, not a hope.
Profitability review
Blended margin
41%
Active work
24
Reviewed
91%
Ready to bill
$18.4k
Time captured with context
ai agent profitability
Billing review complete
Client and project checked
Invoice evidence ready
Approved summary prepared
ai agent profitability 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.
Margin, not just cost
When AI agents do part of the delivery, the economics of a client engagement quietly change. A fixed fee that was healthy when people did the work can turn thin once you add the model and tool spend the agents consume — and because that spend lands on an aggregate platform bill, nobody sees the erosion until the quarter looks worse than expected. Cost tracking alone is not enough; profitability is cost set against revenue, per client, including both human hours and agent spend. Keito brings the two halves together. Agent runs and model costs are captured against the client and project that drove them, human hours are logged the same way, and both are compared with what the client was billed. The result is a real margin figure per engagement: which AI clients are genuinely profitable, which look productive but lose money once model spend is counted, and where a flat fee needs to become usage-based. Instead of finding out at year end, owners see profitability as engagements run, and can reprice, cap agent usage, or change scope while it still matters.
Set agent, model, and human cost against revenue for a true margin
Spot AI engagements that look busy but lose money
Decide where to reprice flat fees as usage-based before the quarter closes
Workflow fit
Keito keeps ai agent profitability connected to client, project, billable status, approval, and invoice context before the work reaches finance.
Set agent, model, and human cost against revenue for a true margin
Spot AI engagements that look busy but lose money
Decide where to reprice flat fees as usage-based before the quarter closes
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.
Margin per client vs cost tracking alone
Keito keeps ai agent profitability 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.
The best way to manage AI agent profitability is to capture work at source, attach it to the right client and project, review it before invoicing, and use the reviewed record as billing evidence. Keito is built around that workflow so time, approvals, and invoice context stay connected.
Yes. Keito helps with AI agent profitability by tracking work by client, project, task, person, billable status, and review state, then turning approved records into client-ready summaries. That makes the data useful for billing, profitability, and client reporting rather than just attendance.
Keito is different because it treats time as billing evidence, not just duration. A generic timer records how long something took; Keito records who did the work, where it belongs, whether it was reviewed, and how it should appear in client billing context.
Yes, AI agent profitability can support billing clients for AI work when agent sessions, token costs, compute spend, and human review time are attributed to the right client project. Keito keeps AI costs and human time together so teams can explain total delivery effort before invoicing.
A client-ready AI agent profitability report should include the client, project, task, contributor, billable status, approval state, and a concise explanation of the work completed. Keito keeps those details connected so reports can answer client questions without exposing internal delivery noise.
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.