Same API price, 8x cheaper: Muse Ember builds voxel scene for $3.09 vs Haiku 5.5's $24.96
alexandr_wang · x · 2026-11-11
A test by thehypedotnews found that Muse Ember and Haiku 5.5 share identical API pricing ($0.10 in / $0.50 out per million tokens), yet generating the same animated voxel pagoda scene cost $3.09 on Muse Ember versus $24.96 on Haiku 5.5 — an 8x difference. Alexandr Wang amplified the comparison, highlighting that sticker-price parity can mask large real-world cost gaps in media generation.
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