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Trimwise
Cache-aware gateway that trims agent context and shows real savings on your bill
- Score
- 75
- confidence 70
- Evidence
- 14
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 3
- named in sources
- First version
- 30 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop app
- PWA: runs in the browser, installs on Mac and Windows
- Market since
- 2025
- New market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop app: Developers configure gateways and review dense dashboards comparing token counts and costs—keyboard-intensive setup and analytics work. Sample screens on a computer, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
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About this appAI proposal
Trimwise is a hosted gateway you point your coding agent at. It offers Anthropic- and OpenAI-compatible endpoints, compresses bulky tool outputs and repeated file reads, then forwards the request to your provider. System prompts and your instructions are left untouched.
It is for developers and small teams who pay API bills for agents such as Claude Code or OpenHands. Every request shows billed cost with and without compression, taken from the provider's usage fields.
Fewer tokens does not always mean a lower bill: one third-party test reported tool-output tokens down 38.4% while billed cost rose 6.8%. Trimwise keeps cached prompt prefixes intact and reports money, not token counts.
- Tagline
- Cut the bill, not the context. Savings measured on the invoice.
- Voice
- PlainPreciseCandid
- Why this name
- Trim says what it does to context; wise says it checks the real total before claiming a win. Two plain words, easy to say, tied to no agent or provider.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
Drop-in endpoints
Change the base URL and key. Anthropic- and OpenAI-compatible APIs, with streaming, so existing agents work without code changes.
No member yet
Tool-output compression
Shrinks logs, test output and file reads. System prompts and user instructions are never modified.
No member yet
Cache-aware mode
Leaves already-cached prompt prefixes unchanged so provider cache discounts still apply.
No member yet
Billed cost, with and without
Each request shows what you paid versus the estimated uncompressed cost, from provider usage fields.
No member yet
Brand identityAI proposal
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Cut the bill, not the context. Savings measured on the invoice.
PricingAI proposal
Cursor's verified pricing page shows $20 to $40 a month for paid plans, a free plan and custom pricing for larger customers. Tiers follow that range as a starting point to test; the material gives no gateway prices.
Free
Free
- Capped monthly tokens
- Savings dashboard
- Bypass toggle
- 1 API key
Solo
$20 a month
- Higher token allowance
- Cache-aware mode
- A/B sampling
- Per-project reports
- 5 API keys
Team
$40 a month
- Pooled allowance
- Team budgets and spend reports
- Several agents per workspace
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$190,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- No loop in the product. Trimwise sits behind the agent as a proxy, so teammates and clients never see it. Growth comes from content showing measured savings, open comparisons and word of mouth among developers.
- Do they become customers?
- Individual users pay directly, but nothing in use exposes the product to new buyers. Test whether shareable savings reports posted by users bring sign-ups, and which channels convert.
- First customers
- Developers and teams of 2 to 10 paying API bills for Claude Code or OpenHands, with monthly agent spend high enough to feel it.
- Where to reach them
- GitHub and open-source threads: Join discussions about token compression and agent costs; publish a reproducible billed-cost benchmark.
- Developer communities: Post cost write-ups in agent user forums and Discord servers, offering free-tier trials.
- Technical blog: Publish guides on prompt caching and agent cost, linking to the free tier.
- First milestone
- Ten teams run it on real workloads for a month, and at least five pay after seeing net billed savings.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedCursor's pricing page lists 2 paid plans, from $20 to $40 a month, plus a free plan and prices on request for larger customers
- Public claimCursor states on its own website: Trusted by teams that build world-class software
- VerifiedOpenHands sells paid plans with prices on request, on its own pricing page, plus a free plan and prices on request for larger customers
- VerifiedGitHub repository gained 1454 stars in 87 days
- Public claim
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Streaming proxyEdge or long-running proxy service with streamingAgent requests stream and can run long; serverless time limits may cut them.
- This app · Compression modelHosted small code-aware model or rules engineCompresses tool outputs; the first version can start with rules before adding a model.
RisksAI inference
- CommercialSavings may be small or negative once prompt caching is counted. A third-party test saw billed cost rise 6.8% despite fewer tokens. If cache-aware mode cannot show net savings, there is no product.
- PlatformProviders or agent makers could add native context compression, or change API and cache behaviour, which would remove or break the value of a third-party gateway.
- DataTeams must route source code and secrets through a third party. Many will refuse without clear retention rules, which slows adoption.
- AICompression could drop details the agent needs and quietly lower result quality. The 'without compression' cost is an estimate, so it must be explained carefully.
- TechnicalAdding a proxy adds latency and a point of failure to every agent turn. Streaming and tool-call formats differ between providers and need constant upkeep.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.