How this works

Where the numbers come from

Two places. First, public posts where builders said what they spent: Reddit, Hacker News, blogs, Medium, vendor community forums and a couple of vendor-published stories (labelled). We link every one and quote them word for word where we quote. Second, builders who submit their own numbers here. A human reads each submission before it goes public.

What we can't promise

We can't see anyone's invoices. Every figure is self-reported, some are estimates, and some are in credits or tokens rather than dollars; we show them as stated instead of converting. Same-prompt tests and reviews by competitors are flagged as such.

Plan history

The plan history only includes changes we could source to the vendor's own pricing page, docs or blog. If we couldn't find an official record of an old price, it isn't there.

Not the first price tracker

Other sites already compare sticker prices and free tiers. What we add is the other half: what builds actually cost once the debug loops, top-ups and plan upgrades land.

Money

One sponsor slot a week pays for this. Sponsors don't pick or edit entries, and every sponsor link is labelled.