Claude and Codex open-source programs reached an estimated $77,685 in API value
rudrank · x · 2026-07-29
The author says they want to write a blog post about the value they got from the Claude and Codex open-source programs, then shares a usage table showing roughly 52B tokens consumed from March through July, with an estimated API-price value of $77,685.
- March: 2B tokens, $1,980
- April: 5B tokens, $5,306
- May: 8B tokens, $14,888
- June: 21B tokens, $34,982
- July: 15B tokens, $20,530
The post suggests the open-source programs were materially valuable, though the author notes the numbers are skewed because work-account usage can’t be separated.
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