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LLM APIs usually charge per request based on what?

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  1. The number of words the user types
  2. Minutes connected to the server
  3. Input tokens plus output tokens

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  1. Claude API Docs, Tool use with Claude platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/overview Checked 2026-10-11.
  2. Claude API Docs, Tool use with Claude platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/overview Checked 2026-10-11.

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