LLM token cost by language: we measured 14 of them
LLM token cost by language, measured: the same sentences cost 7% to 54% more tokens in German, Polish or Hindi than in English on GPT-4o's tokenizer.
Wed Oct 14 2026 · 9 min read · 0 views
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Claude's 30% token inflation: does your bill actually rise?
Claude's newer tokenizer makes the same text about 30% longer in tokens. We priced it model by model: Haiku and Sonnet get cheaper, Opus about 4% dearer.
Wed Oct 14 2026 · 9 min read · 0 views