Using LLM providers directly saves budgets
Dev.to AI
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Generative AI
Using LLM providers directly saves budgets. You're paying 1.6x for input tokens and 2.4x for output tokens using Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent at vs going directly to And if you cross the 200k context window? That premium jumps to over 3x and 4x. The raw pricing numbers side-by-side per 1M tokens for grok-4.20-multi-agent-0309: Direct: Input: $1.25 Output: $2.50: Input: $2.00 (≤200k). $4.00 (>200k) Output: $6.00 (≤200k) ➔ $12.00 (>200k)