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Mainstream LLMs charge for tokens in two categories—input tokens and output tokens—and the longer the context, the higher the cost per call.
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Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/18/2026
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Valid until: 10/16/2026(expired)
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UnverifiedLLMs' billing model is based on token count, with both input and output charged.73% similarUnverifiedProduction-grade LLM applications often require multiple calls to the LLM, parsing of outputs, and passing context between different steps.73% similarUnverifiedLLM inference costs are primarily composed of two parts: the Prefill stage for processing input tokens and the Decode stage for generating output tokens, with Prefill accounting for the vast majority of overhead in code understanding scenarios.72% similarUnverifiedIn LLM business models, tokens are both the billing unit and a direct reflection of compute consumption.70% similarUnverifiedEach model invocation consumes both input tokens (prompts and context) and output tokens (the model's generated response), with the two typically priced separately.69% similar
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