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Credits or Seats: How AI Dev Tools Actually Charge

August 30, 2026

Credits or Seats: How AI Dev Tools Actually Charge

Seat pricing broke when every request started costing the vendor money. A survey of what the market charges for now — agent compute, credits, per-action — and how to read a bill before you sign it.

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