Moneyball · free-tier economics · public evidence

Free-Tier Use Value Board

Compare the paid API list-price equivalent of the same workload across providers, then keep time-investment opportunity cost separate. This is an estimate—not cash spent, guaranteed savings, entitlement proof, or a quality score.

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Validated session value

Basksweep-passing + public-safe rows only

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Equivalent cost of our public usage across providers

Validated public usage · most expensive → least expensive

Uses the same aggregate input/output token counts from deduplicated, validated, successful, public-safe session rows and applies them to each model-specific rate card. This is a counterfactual API list-price estimate, not observed spend or guaranteed savings.

Waiting for validated public usage evidence.

Comparable-workload calculator

Change workload and time assumptions · most expensive → least expensive

Potential time value is not realized savings. Human time and API-equivalent price are separate dimensions.

Time invested value$0
Potential time value$0
Net time scenario$0
Scenario basisUser-defined

Provider price comparison

USD / million tokens · source-linked snapshot · most expensive → least expensive

All providers receive identical input/output counts. Model pricing is not generic provider pricing. Comparison excludes caching discounts, batch, tools, search, taxes, subscription fees and negotiated rates unless stated. Lower price does not imply equivalent quality.

Provider / modelInput / 1MOutput / 1MWorkload estimateBasis / snapshotSource

Repository session value ledger

Only public-safe bounded metadata
Session / runProvider / modelInput / output tokensOutcome / validationElapsedPaid equivalentEvidence

Method rules

  • Paid-equivalent = input tokens × input rate + output tokens × output rate, divided by one million.
  • Call it avoided cost only when the session is confirmed no-cost; unknown billing status remains unknown.
  • Headline requires validation_status=VALIDATED, basksweep_status=PASS, and publication_status=PUBLIC_SAFE.
  • Missing data is unknown, not zero. Failed, duplicate, unvalidated or low-confidence sessions cannot inflate value.
  • Never publish prompts, completions, tool payloads, credentials, private quota readings or personal identifiers.