Show HN: CostPerPrompt – Live AI API pricing and real-workload cost calculators
THE SO WHAT
Transparent, workload-based pricing calculators like CostPerPrompt push AI infra decisions from vibes to unit economics. If you’re building on third-party models, you should be modeling per-feature margins now—not after your usage bill lands.
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