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title: "Discussion on \"We switched to a 5x cheaper LLM. Our costs went up.\" | Hashnode"
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# [We switched to a 5x cheaper LLM. Our costs went up.](https://gitar.hashnode.dev/we-switched-to-a-5x-cheaper-llm-our-costs-went-up?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Cost per outcome beats cost per token

Feb 6 · 5 min read · gitar.hashnode.dev  
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