I Tracked Every Penny I Spent on AI APIs for a Month — Here's What I Learned A few months ago, I...
I Tracked Every Penny I Spent on AI APIs for a Month — Here's What I Learned
A few months ago, I decided to do something painful: track every single API call I made to every AI provider for 30 days.
Not because I'm a masochist. Because my monthly AI bill had quietly crept from "nice to have" to "wait, that's how much?"
Here's what I found.
The Numbers
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