The Silent Costs of AI APIs Nobody Warns You About
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We’ve all been there. You’re staring at a pricing page that looks simple enough. OpenAI, Anthropic, or any of the big providers will tell you something like "Input: $0.50 per million tokens" . You do some quick math, realize the cost is negligible for your side project, and dive right in. That was…
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- 2026-09-12 00:55 · DEV Community — AI
The Silent Costs of AI APIs Nobody Warns You About