Multimodal Token Accounting for Vision and Audio Inputs
Understanding how images and audio convert to tokens reveals hidden cost differences of up to 9x.
Sofía Reyes-Montiel
Section
Token Economics
6 stories in Token Economics.
Batch Inference Pricing vs Real-Time API Pricing for Async Workloads
Batch APIs save 50% but require rethinking when your workload actually needs the wait.
Priya Nambiar
Provider Pricing Tiers and Rate-Limit-to-Cost Relationships
Hidden pricing mechanics like reasoning tokens and output ratios determine your actual LLM bill.
Marcus Oduya
Building a Pre-Launch Token Cost Model for a New AI Feature
Avoid the shock of an inflated AI bill by modeling your token costs before launch.
Desmond Kwiatkowski
Context Window Pricing in Extended Context Models
Pricing strategies—not raw capacity—create a 71x cost spread for identical large-context workloads.
Priya Nambiar
Input vs Output Token Pricing Across Major Providers
Output tokens cost 2 to 8 times more than input, reshaping your bill.
Sofía Reyes-Montiel