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LLM API Token Cost Comparison: Normalize Tokens Before You Switch

September 29, 2026 by aloloever

A practical way to compare LLM API token costs across providers: tokenize your real prompts, split cached input from fresh input, add output and retry volume, and recheck official prices on a set date.

AI API Token Cost in Production: Which Levers Cut the Bill

September 29, 2026 by aloloever

A practical look at how AI API token cost is split across input, cache, and output buckets in production, which tier and caching choices reduce it, how to instrument token use per completed task, and how to diagnose sudden cost spikes without guessing.