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Usage-based tiered pricing is becoming the norm in the AI coding tools industry, with competitors such as Cursor and Windsurf adopting similar strategies.
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Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/2/2026
First Seen
Valid until: 9/30/2026(expired)
Sources
Connecting DeepSeek V4 API to Copilot in VSCode: A Detailed Tutorial with Two Methods
bilibili沉默的羔丸voov5/11/2026
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