Cost

Model pricing breakdown: input vs output costs

Prompt caching cuts call costs by 90%. Learn to audit token pricing, context limits, and retry rates to stop bleeding margin on inefficient models.

Jul 23, 2026 Arjun Patel 13 min read

LLM cost compounding: Stop the 35x budget spike

A single coding agent session on Claude Opus 4.6 can burn through $7 if it makes 200 API calls. This isn't a bug; it's the math of agentic systems.

Jul 19, 2026 Arjun Patel 10 min read

Model cost analysis: 107x price gaps

LLM output costs span a 107x range. Learn how strategic routing balances GPT5.5 accuracy against financial constraints in production.

Jul 17, 2026 Daniel Reyes 12 min read

LLM API pricing: $0.44 to $30 rates

Analyze 2026 LLM API pricing across 305 models. See how input costs range from $0.44 to $30 per million tokens and optimize your spend.

Jul 10, 2026 Sofia Marchetti 14 min read

LLM pricing traps: Stop burning monthly

A support bot generated a $14,000 bill answering 30 questions. Learn how model routing and caching cut API spend by 70% without quality loss.

Jul 7, 2026 Daniel Reyes 13 min read