Anthropic API Cost Breakdown: Peak Rates Spike Per-Task Costs

Developers break down Anthropic API costs for agent tasks, finding default peak-hour rates for Claude 3.5 Sonnet inflate per-task costs several-fold. AA's $0.25/task uses peak rates, and despite Gemini Flash's upcoming price hike, V4-Pro's actual cost remains uncompetitive.

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