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I Switched AI Models Mid-Project and My Costs Tripled. Here's What I Learned.

DEV.to AIΒ·April 11, 2026

The author recounts how AI costs unexpectedly tripled after switching from GPT-4 to Claude Sonnet for a project. The primary reasons identified were significant differences in token pricing between models and sending longer prompts to Claude.

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