User Test Reveals High Fable API Costs: $30 for Minimal Tasks
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-03
A user spent around $30 using the Fable (Anthropic's new model) API for a few Q&A rounds and two simple agent tasks, noting this cost level is unsustainable. While the user praised the response quality, the ROI is concerning, describing the model as "a machine that turns humans into paying users." This feedback directly exposes the real-world usage costs of frontier model APIs.
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