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The True Cost of AI Tools in 2026: Sticker vs Reality
The true cost of AI tools in 2026 runs ~8x the sticker price — a fully-sourced TCO report on LLM API pricing, 7 hidden costs, and how to model it.
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Opus 4.8 Cost Calculator: When It Beats Sonnet & GPT-5.5
Opus 4.8 API cost calculator vs Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.5. Break-even workloads, smart-routing saves ~32%, per-model cache rates. Any currency.
