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The math behind a $19 AI plan: why flat-rate token pricing quietly loses money

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A pattern keeps showing up in AI product pricing pages: a plan priced at "$19/mo includes 10M tokens" that looks reasonable on the surface — until the actual cost math is run. Three weeks later, the founder is looking at an LLM bill larger than their MRR, trying to figure out which power user is re…

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  1. 2026-09-20 16:26 · DEV Community — AI
    The math behind a $19 AI plan: why flat-rate token pricing quietly loses money

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