#cost-optimization

3 posts tagged cost-optimization

• Insights

  OpenRouter Pay-as-You-Go vs LLM Subscriptions: Measured Costs and a Workload Split

  Measured costs for a heavy coding agent: why subscriptions absorb cache reads, how $10 of OpenRouter credit vanished in a week, and how to split workloads.

  September 5, 202611 min read

• Insights

  Is ChatGPT Plus Enough for Codex? A 72-Day Usage Review

  Real Codex usage data from 72 active days: token totals, model mix, and rate-limit peaks. Find out why bursty users should pick Plus $20 over Pro.

  July 19, 20268 min read

• Insights

  Claude API Cost Breakdown: How Cache Hit Ratio Changes What You Pay

  One real Claude Opus 4.6 API call broken down by token type, showing why cache writes dominate cost and how cache hit ratio changes the total bill.

  April 9, 20266 min read