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Token-based billing includes both input tokens (including historical conversation context) and output tokens
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Long-term
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10/10/2026
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UnverifiedToken billing is calculated based on the total volume of input and output; the longer a conversation, the more each call pays for an increasingly bloated history.75% similarUnverifiedCost accounting should separately track the volume and cost of input tokens and output tokens, rather than looking at total token count in aggregate.73% similarUnverifiedClaude Code's API billing typically prices input tokens and output tokens separately; the linear accumulation of input tokens across conversation turns is the primary driver of cost inflation in long tasks.73% similarUnverifiedReasoning content is often billed the same as regular text in terms of token counting, so retaining reasoning increases the number of tokens carried in requests and affects call costs.72% similarUnverifiedAnthropic charges based on the number of input and output tokens.71% similar
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