Guides
Turn price questions into checkable ones
Four long reads about method and judgment, not about which platform to use. Afterwards you should be able to do the maths yourself, instead of memorising a ranking.
2026-11-14
Why the same AI subscription varies by 60%
Regional pricing, annual prepay, seat splitting, promotions and delivery — five sources, worked out separately.
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How official and relay API pricing map onto each other
Per million tokens, input vs output, thinking tokens, long-context premium, cache hits — all at once.
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Top-up, ready-made account, key code, Team seat — what's the difference
Account ownership, support responsibility and failure conditions for four delivery methods, side by side.
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How to tell whether a cheap channel is buyable
Seven checkable points, from public pricing pages to a small test order — in this exact order.
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