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title: token billing
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  **Token billing** is a pricing approach in which the cost of using an AI
  service is charged based on the number of tokens the service consumes — the
  units of text a model processes. In this channel's material, it appears as one
  of the pricing models AI companies use to charge customers, discussed
  alongside newer models based on outcomes rather than raw usage.
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# token billing

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/token-billing-6d56efe61fa0

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

**Token billing** is a pricing approach in which the cost of using an AI service is charged based on the number of tokens the service consumes — the units of text a model processes. In this channel's material, it appears as one of the pricing models AI companies use to charge customers, discussed alongside newer models based on outcomes rather than raw usage.

## Where token billing shows up in this material