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How is LLM API usage usually billed?
- APer token — you pay for the tokens in your input and in the output combined
- BPer request — every call costs a flat fee no matter how long the call is
- CPer minute — you are billed for the total time the model spends running it
- DPer user — a fixed monthly charge covers unlimited calls for each account
Why this is the answer
LLM APIs are billed per token, counting both your input and the model's output. It's not a flat per-request, per-minute, or per-user charge.
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