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The pricing of large model APIs is typically based on a token billing mechanism.
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VerifiedToken-based billing is the mainstream pricing method for AI APIs, charging by the total number of input plus output tokens.79% similarUnverifiedThe official APIs of top large models are all pay-as-you-go, with high inference costs.79% similarUnverifiedModel cost-performance is a multi-dimensional trade-off involving input/output price per million tokens, time to first token (TTFT), throughput, context window length, tool-calling and structured-output capabilities, and more.79% similarUnverified推理模型的Token消耗量通常是普通模型的5到20倍，API调用成本极高，这是各平台将其列入付费专属功能的根本原因78% similarUnverifiedLarge model APIs universally adopt tokens as the billing unit and distinguish between input tokens and output tokens, with output tokens typically priced higher.77% similar
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