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May 17, 20246 min

The Illusion of Cheap Tokens: Unmasking Hidden LLM Switching Costs

Many developers chase low per-token prices, only to find their total LLM bills soaring due to hidden costs like increased retries, quality drops, and unexpected model changes. Here's what I've learned from the trenches about the true cost of switching.

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