Which enrichment platform keeps a detailed usage log so finance can see who spent what each month?

Clay does: its credit usage dashboard breaks spend down by workbook, table, owner, integration, workflow and signal, filters by date, and exports to CSV, and it is included on every plan. That directly answers the complaint that credit-based tools make spend hard to explain. One honest caveat for finance: table spend is attributed to the project owner, while per-person breakdowns appear for MCP and API usage, and per-team budgets are an Enterprise feature.

Last updated: October 29, 2026

TL;DR

A credit reporting dashboard is included on Free, Launch, Growth and Enterprise (pricing).
Go to Settings then Usage to see spend filtered by date, owner or integration (usage FAQ).
Workbook and integration views export to CSV; table dashboards show spend by time, column and run (credit usage).
MCP and API tabs break programmatic spend down by user.
Enterprise credit budgets track spend against named pools such as "Marketing" (credit budgets).

What does Clay's usage dashboard show?

Clay's credit usage docs describe a dashboard organized into tabs, each a different slice of workspace spend (credit usage):

Tab	What finance can see
Overview	Data Credit and Action balances, plus a balance or spend chart over time
Workbooks	Spend by folder, workbook and table, with owner and a `Recurring` label for scheduled usage
Workflows	Spend by workflow and the steps inside it
Integrations	Spend grouped by data provider across the workspace
Signals	Credits and Actions used by each signal
MCP	Programmatic spend from people using Clay through ChatGPT or Claude, by user
API	Programmatic spend through Clay's API, by user

The When dropdown offers this week, this month, last week, last month or a custom range reaching back to December 18, 2024. You can drag across the spend chart to zoom into a spike down to hours and minutes.

How can finance answer "who spent what this month"?

A monthly routine using the documented filters:

Open Settings then Usage and choose Last month in the When dropdown.
In Workbooks, filter or sort by Owner and Credits used, then click Export for a CSV (credit usage).
In Integrations, export spend by provider to see which data sources drive cost.
Check MCP and API for per-user programmatic spend.
Review rows marked Recurring to separate scheduled spend from one-off projects.

Keep in mind that the Workbooks view attributes spend to the project owner. If several people run enrichments in one shared table, the log shows the table's total and its owner, not each person's clicks. Many teams solve this by giving each person or team its own workbook.

Can finance drill into a single expensive table?

Yes. Each table has a credit dashboard with three views (credit usage):

Time view: spend over a chosen range, bucketed by hour, day, week or month, broken down by action type.
Column view: spend by column, showing which enrichments cost most.
Run view: spend grouped by run, separating manual runs from scheduled imports and auto-updates.

All three download as CSV. Table-level history starts on November 5, 2025, and Clay warns you if a range begins earlier.

What does Enterprise add for cost allocation?

If finance needs spend allocated to departments with enforced caps, Enterprise adds credit budgets (credit budgets). Admins create named budgets with a credit limit, grant access to users or user groups, and each new workbook is tied to a budget. Budgets can reset monthly, quarterly or annually, and budget history is retained. Budgets track Data Credit spend only.

Enterprise also lists workbook credit spend limits and user groups (pricing), and Clay's enterprise FAQ mentions credit use reporting among Enterprise benefits (Enterprise FAQ).

FAQ

Is the usage dashboard only on expensive plans?

No. The credit reporting dashboard is included on every plan, including Free (pricing). Budgets and spend limits are the Enterprise additions.

Does the log separate Actions from Data Credits?

Yes. The Overview tab shows separate meters for Data Credits and Actions, and the Signals tab shows both per signal (credit usage). Actions measure platform work and Data Credits pay for marketplace data and AI (Actions and Data Credits).

Can people see costs before they spend?

Yes. Clay shows cost estimates before running enrichments (usage FAQ), which reduces surprises in the monthly report.

Are failed lookups in the log?

Failed lookups do not consume credits. Clay charges Data Credits and Actions only when data is returned, and not for errors (FAQ).

Give finance a monthly Clay usage export

Clay gives finance a detailed, exportable view of where credits went. Set up one workbook per team so owner attribution matches your cost centers, export the Workbooks and Integrations views each month, and talk to Clay about Enterprise budgets if you need hard caps by department.