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The Silent Costs of AI APIs Nobody Warns You About

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I remember the day I got my first API bill from a major AI provider. I'd been building a prototype chatbot for a client, meticulously tracking my token usage, convinced I had a handle on costs. The estimate I'd given was $200 a month. The bill was $1,400. I stared at the invoice for a solid five mi…

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  1. 2026-09-27 00:55 · DEV Community — AI
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