Reddit dev: no way to know if a script costs 20 cents or 20 dollars until it finishes
Thefounderman1 · reddit · 2026-09-07
A developer complains about unpredictable API costs: a looping script he ran last week cost 90 cents while he watched the credit counter drop. He now avoids running tasks because costs can't be estimated beforehand, and asks whether others have switched to per-use billing to escape token-based pricing uncertainty.
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