I Finally Checked What My AI Coding Tools Actually Cost. The Number Made No Sense.

Tags: ai, programming, productivity, devtools I've been paying $200/month for Claude Code Max since January. Never really thought about it. Two hundred bucks, unlimited use, whatever. Last week someone on r/ClaudeAI mentioned a tool called ccusage that calculates your actual token consumption at API rates. Ran it for fun. 17 seconds of staring at a loading bar. Then the number came up. $1,428. That's what my monthly usage would cost at API pricing. Seven times the sticker price. My first reaction was "no way that's right." So I dug into the breakdown...