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Cursor API billing questioned over Anthropic model price differences

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Users on the Cursor+ subreddit are discussing discrepancies in API billing between Cursor and Anthropic. While the listed prices for Anthropic's Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5 models appear to be the same on both platforms, users are reporting actual billing differences of up to 50% per million tokens when using Cursor. AI

IMPACT Potential for increased costs for users integrating Anthropic models via Cursor.

RANK_REASON User discussion about pricing differences for an AI model integrated into a tool.

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Cursor API billing questioned over Anthropic model price differences

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/elegigglekappa4head ·

    Why is Cursor API billing more expensive than Anthropic API?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>So the listed prices for Opus 5.5/Sonnet 5.5 are same across both platforms; but in practice we are seeing upto 50% difference in actual bill per million tokens. </p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/u…

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