vantage.ai · House #24,915

What it is

Calls itself “cost and usage monitor” and “guardrail”.

• Calls itself: cost and usage monitor · guardrail · +1

“Vantage is a free, open-source cost and usage monitor, guardrail and session log for coding agents.”

Where it puts itself

Rules out “telemetry”.

• Says it will not: telemetry

“Vantage sends no telemetry and changes nothing in your agent's setup.”

What it costs

A free tier, free forever.

• Free plan: free forever

“Vantage is a free, open-source cost and usage monitor, guardrail and session log for coding agents.”

Who it sells to

Sells to businesses. Built for teams.

• Sells to: businesses
• Company size: teams

“The file lives in the project's .vantage/ folder: commit it, and your whole team works with the same rules.”

How it runs

A command-line tool. Runs locally and works offline. Distributed through the npm. No API. Open source. AI is a side feature. You can bring your own API key.

• Kind: cli
• Runs where: on the device, offline
• Distributed via: npm
• API: no
• Open source: yes
• AI role: a side feature
• Bring your own key: yes

“…npm install -g @jovan158/vantage”

“Everything stays on your machine.”

What it works with

Names Claude Code, Codex and 5 more on its pages.

• Names: Claude Code · Codex · Copilot CLI · +4

“Claude Code vantage run claude”

“Codex vantage run codex”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs.

• Trial asks for: nothing

“…npm install -g @jovan158/vantage”

“…docs -> https://github.com/Jovan158/vantage.ai/tree/main/docs”