Building a product with Opus 5.5 cost $4,000 in API fees — and it's unprofitable
marclou · x · 2026-11-13
开发者 marclou 分享：他用 Cursor 里的 Claude Opus 5.5 构建了 MailCheap 产品，累计消耗约 4000 美元 的模型 API 费用，结果这个产品成了他第一个不赚钱的项目。
配图是 Cursor 的用量面板，显示该计费周期内大量 claude-opus-5-5-max 请求，直观展示了 vibe coding 背后的 token 开销。
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