Connect RunPod
You need API key. About two minutes.
1Get your API key
API key
Paste the RunPod key- Open the RunPod console, Settings, Credentials, then the API Keys tab.
- Click Create API Key and give it a name.
- Choose the Read Only permission, click Create and copy the key.
A read scope is enough. Reading billing costs nothing.
Open the pagehttps://console.runpod.io/user/credentials
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick RunPod.
- Paste the API key into the matching field, and give the account a label you will recognise.
- Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.
Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to RunPod. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- what pods were charged over the last 30 days
- Calls
- https://rest.runpod.io/v1/billing/pods
- Refreshes
- At most every 15 minutes
- API docs
- RunPod reference, checked 2026-09-16
Reports spend, not the credit balance. Pods, endpoints and volumes are summed.