# API token usage reports and billing

**URL:** <https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-token-usage-reports-and-billing/60>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 15, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-token-usage-reports-and-billing/60 "2025-05-15T00:11:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![vikvang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/67e7ee/32.png) [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-token-usage-reports-and-billing/60/1 "2025-05-15T00:11:51Z")

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I’m testing the API. With minimal usage, the billing seems to be deducting excessively more than expected from my purchased credits. Is there a way to see how many API tokens I am using?

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**Author:** ![vikvang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/67e7ee/32.png) [@vikvang](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/vikvang)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/api-token-usage-reports-and-billing/60/2 "2025-05-15T00:11:53Z")

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Click “view dashboard” at the bottom right of [https://www.perplexity.ai/settings/api](https://www.perplexity.ai/settings/api)