Astra's high price offset by exceptional token efficiency, users find

Users report that Astra's token efficiency largely offsets its higher per-token price, with one developer measuring coding agent costs around $1.49 per million tokens, echoing the view that "the best token is no token."

2026-09-05 ~ 2026-09-06 · 3 related posts

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