CostView Review 2026
Finance & operations platform · P&L, spend, cards and payroll · Cloud or self-hosted
CostView is a finance and operations platform for affiliate and media-buying teams. Instead of a dozen spreadsheet tabs - campaigns, spend, proxies, accounts, cards, payouts - it consolidates P&L, spend control, cards, payroll and reporting into one system. Per CostView, it is built for arbitrage and media-buying teams of roughly 3 to 50+ people: once a team passes a handful of campaigns and a couple of buyers, the vendor argues spreadsheets become a source of version conflicts, formula errors and manual salary math. CostView tracks campaign spend, consumables, cards, payouts, P&L by campaign and buyer salaries in one place, with 33 expense categories out of the box, profit and ROI recalculated automatically, and buyer salaries computed across percentage of revenue, percentage of profit, fixed or hybrid agreements. It reads Brocard and Stellar cards directly (keys encrypted), ships five roles (OWNER, ADMIN, FINANCE, TEAM_LEAD, BUYER), and is available both as a cloud service and self-hosted, with a full ZIP export at any time that CostView says means no lock-in. These are the vendor's own stated capabilities, attributed as such rather than independently benchmarked here.
Partner perk for PROXIES.SX users
CostView offers PROXIES.SX users their first month free, then -30% for months 2 to 6. This perk is attributed to CostView. Confirm current terms on their site, since CostView states the product is in closed beta with plan pricing set at launch.
By the numbers (vendor-stated)
CostView's own stated capabilities, attributed as such - not figures independently verified by PROXIES.SX.
What CostView tracks in one system
The operational data CostView pulls together instead of spreading it across separate spreadsheet tabs.
Key characteristics
Automatic P&L and ROI
Profit, ROI and team balance are recalculated automatically across campaigns, with 33 expense categories available out of the box.
Spend control
Campaign spend and consumables are tracked centrally so discrepancies show up immediately rather than as a surprise at month end - as stated by CostView.
Card integrations
CostView states it reads Brocard and Stellar cards directly so spend is recorded automatically, with integration keys encrypted.
Automated buyer payroll
Salaries computed as a percentage of revenue, percentage of profit, fixed or hybrid, with payout history stored separately from the formula.
Five team roles
OWNER, ADMIN, FINANCE, TEAM_LEAD and BUYER. A buyer sees their own campaigns and consumables; a team lead sees their team.
Cloud or self-hosted
Available as a hosted service or self-hosted, so privacy-sensitive teams can keep statistics, finances and history on their own server.
Full ZIP export
CostView states data stays yours with a full ZIP export available at any time, which it presents as no lock-in.
Scoped data access
CostView states campaign figures are visible only to your own team, and removing a member revokes access immediately.
Roles built in
Who it's a good fit for - and who it isn't
Good fit
- Affiliate and media-buying teams (roughly 3 to 50+ people) that have outgrown spreadsheets
- Teams that want P&L, ROI and balances recalculated automatically instead of by calculator
- Operations that pay buyers on a percentage, fixed or hybrid model and want salary math automated
- Teams using Brocard or Stellar cards that want spend read into finances directly
- Privacy-sensitive teams that want a self-hosted deployment on their own server
Not for
- Solo operators with only a handful of campaigns, where a spreadsheet still comfortably works
- Teams that do not run paid traffic and have no card, payout or P&L to consolidate
- Anyone needing a public, independently benchmarked price list today - CostView states it is in closed beta with plans set at launch
- Buyers looking for a traffic source or accounts marketplace - CostView is the finance and operations layer, not inventory
CostView + PROXIES.SX = campaign P&L over carrier-grade IPs
Proxies are one of the line items media-buying teams juggle in spreadsheets alongside cards, accounts and payouts. If you run campaigns on proxies.sx 4G/5G mobile or residential IPs, that proxy spend is a cost input to the same P&L CostView tracks - so the two sit naturally on opposite sides of one operation. PROXIES.SX is the network layer the campaigns run on; CostView is where the money side of those campaigns - spend, cards, payouts and profit - gets consolidated and reported.
PROXIES.SX
Network layer - real 4G/5G mobile and residential IPs the campaigns actually run on.
CostView
Finance layer - proxy spend, cards, payouts and P&L tracked and reported in one system.
Frequently asked questions
What is CostView?
CostView is a finance and operations platform for affiliate and media-buying teams. It consolidates campaign spend, consumables, cards, payouts, P&L by campaign and buyer salaries into one system, and is available as a cloud service or self-hosted. Product details here are as stated by CostView.
Who is CostView built for?
CostView positions itself for arbitrage and media-buying teams of roughly 3 to 50+ people that have outgrown spreadsheets. It ships five roles - OWNER, ADMIN, FINANCE, TEAM_LEAD and BUYER - so a buyer sees their own campaigns while a team lead sees their team.
Does CostView offer a self-hosted option?
Yes. Alongside the cloud version, CostView offers a self-hosted deployment for teams with stricter privacy requirements, keeping statistics, finances and history on their own server. It also states a full ZIP export is available at any time, meaning no lock-in.
What card and integration support does CostView describe?
CostView states it reads Brocard and Stellar cards directly so spend is recorded automatically, with integration keys encrypted. It ships 33 expense categories out of the box and can calculate buyer salaries as a percentage of revenue, percentage of profit, fixed or hybrid.
Is there a CostView deal for PROXIES.SX users?
As a partner perk, CostView offers PROXIES.SX users their first month free and then a 30% discount for months two through six. This offer is attributed to CostView; confirm current terms directly, since CostView states the product is in closed beta with plan pricing set at launch.
How does CostView fit with PROXIES.SX?
Media-buying teams that run campaigns on PROXIES.SX 4G/5G mobile and residential IPs can feed that proxy spend, alongside cards, consumables and payouts, into CostView to see the full campaign P&L. PROXIES.SX is the network layer; CostView is where the money side of those campaigns is tracked.
Verdict
CostView's clearest signal is consolidation: it takes the spend, consumables, cards, payouts, P&L and payroll a media-buying team usually spreads across a dozen spreadsheet tabs and pulls them into one system where profit and ROI recalculate automatically. The automated buyer payroll across percentage, fixed and hybrid agreements, the Brocard and Stellar card reads, and the five-role access model map cleanly onto how arbitrage teams actually operate, and the self-hosted option plus full ZIP export answer the privacy and lock-in questions those teams tend to ask first. The honest caveats: CostView states it is in closed beta with plan pricing set at launch, so there is no public, independently verified price list to weigh yet, the card integrations covered here are specifically Brocard and Stellar, and the platform is scoped to teams running paid traffic rather than solo operators. Since CostView is the finance and operations layer and not the network underneath it, it pairs naturally with proxies.sx 4G/5G mobile and residential IPs - the campaigns run on the proxies, and their spend and profit get tracked in CostView.
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Run the campaigns, track the P&L
Put your traffic on real 4G/5G mobile and residential IPs, then feed that proxy spend into CostView alongside cards and payouts to see the full campaign picture. GB-based pricing that drops at volume, no per-port fees, and IPs that never expire.
CostView facts reflect the platform's stated positioning, feature set and roles at time of writing (verified via costview.io). Capabilities such as automatic P&L and ROI, the 33 expense categories, Brocard and Stellar card reads, buyer payroll models, five-role access and the self-hosted option are CostView's own stated positioning, attributed as such rather than independently benchmarked by PROXIES.SX. The partner perk (first month free, then -30% for months 2 to 6) is attributed to CostView; CostView states the product is in closed beta with plan pricing set at launch, so confirm current terms directly. CostView is a finance and operations platform, not a traffic source or accounts marketplace. Disclosure: PROXIES.SX is an independent partner and may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, which does not influence our editorial assessment. The outbound link to costview.io uses rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer".