alt Hacker NewsWhat’s the going rate for tokens in terms of dollars? How much are companies spending on “tokens”?
Also kind of ironic that small codebases are now in vogue, just when google monolithic repos were so popular.
What’s the going rate for tokens in terms of dollars? How much are companies spending on “tokens”?
Also kind of ironic that small codebases are now in vogue, just when google monolithic repos were so popular.
> What’s the going rate for tokens in terms of dollars?
It depends on the provider/model, usually pricing is calculated as $/million tokens with input/output tokens having different per token pricing (output tends to be more expensive than input). Some models also charge more per token if the context size is above a threshold. Cached operations may also reduce the price per token.
OpenRouter has a good overview over provider and models, https://openrouter.ai/models
The math on what people are actually paying is hard to evaluate. Ime, most companies rather buy a subscription than give their developers API keys (as it makes spending predictable).