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Coding agents send large amounts of code context on every step. Caching and model choice decide most of the bill.
Cost per developer per month–
Monthly cost–
Yearly cost–
Saved at 20% (our guaranteed minimum, after fee)–
Defaults use GPT-6.1 Sol's list prices ($2 input, $0.10 cached, $10 output per 1M tokens, checked October 30, 2026). Enter your own model's prices.
Where the cost goes
- Large code context resent on every step.
- Long agent sessions with many tool calls.
- Reasoning on simple edits.
How to cut it
- Make sure the shared context is cached.
- Match model and effort to the task: small edits don't need the biggest model.
- Set per-developer budgets.
Connect your tools to apicuts: Cursor, Continue, Cline and Aider.
Frequently asked questions
How much do AI coding tools cost per developer in API spend?
Sessions per day times working days times tokens per session times prices; caching the code context changes it most.
How do teams cut coding agent costs?
Cache shared context, match model and effort to the task, and set per-developer budgets.
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