KarmaBox internal audit finds model fees make up just 18% of agent costs
Tactic · Dev.to · stat: 18% fees KarmaBox published an internal cost breakdown across 1,840 accepted AI deliverables, revealing that direct model API fees accounted for just 18% of total spend. Human…
Tactic · Dev.to · stat: 18% fees
KarmaBox published an internal cost breakdown across 1,840 accepted AI deliverables, revealing that direct model API fees accounted for just 18% of total spend. Human verification and rework comprised the largest single expense, taking up 41% of the final bill.
Token pricing is a vanity metric when human QA drives total ROI Founders budgeting for autonomous agent workflows must calculate human QA review time rather than relying solely on API token benchmarks.
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