Anthropic's per-token cost runs 4.4x the Vercel average, and devs keep paying
The Decoder · rss · 2026-08-18
Anthropic pulled in 65.1% of Vercel AI Gateway revenue in July while processing only 30% of tokens, meaning its per-token price runs about 4.4x the average of competing providers. Developers keep paying for Claude despite the premium, The Decoder reports.
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