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  "path": "/t/inference-providers-3-cents-per-request/142396#post_6",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-24T16:47:42.000Z",
  "site": "https://discuss.huggingface.co",
  "textContent": "\n    A \"hello\" costing ~$0.03 usually means the priced tokens aren't just your message — system prompt, any context, and minimums add up, and some providers bill per-request overhead. Worth logging input vs output tokens to see the split. Free calculator to sanity-check expected cost, like wiswes one.\n",
  "title": "Inference Providers: 3 cents per request?"
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