DeepSeek's Search API Isn't $0.75 per 1,000 Calls. It's $1.50.
2026-10-20 · Site Methodology & Corrections
DeepSeek's new Search and Fetch APIs are each $0.75/1,000 calls -- but a real agent lookup needs both. The honest per-lookup price is $1.50, checked against Serper, Exa, Tavily and Brave.
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Our reCAPTCHA Calculator Said $90/mo. Google Actually Charges $8.
2026-10-19 · Site Methodology & Corrections
Google split reCAPTCHA into three tiers in April 2026 — the middle one bills a flat $8/mo for 10,001-100,000 assessments, not a per-1,000 rate. Our calculator missed it for six months.
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I Audited Our Own Pricing Pages Against the Vendors. Three Numbers Were Wrong.
2026-10-18 · Site Methodology & Corrections
LogRocket, Mapbox and ElevenLabs, checked live against each vendor's own pricing page — a fabricated tier name, a mixed-up product line, and two pricing tiers that didn't even appear on our table.
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We Translate 7,200 Pages a Month for $0. Here's What a Real API Would Charge.
2026-10-16 · Language & Localization APIs
Our own i18n pipeline runs on a free scraper, not a paid translation API — priced against Google Cloud Translation, Azure, Amazon and DeepL, plus the 19-hour IP block that free route actually cost us.
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Seven API Price Hikes, One Cut: Everything That Changed in October 2026
2026-10-12 · Developer Tools & Infrastructure
Groq cut a free-tier rate limit 10x, Fly.io raised RAM pricing, Together AI tripled its minimum purchase, OVHcloud unbundled storage and IPv4, Oracle killed Apiary — and Neon doubled free storage. Every number sourced direct from the vendor.
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Age Verification APIs: What Complying With the 2026 App Store Laws Actually Costs
2026-09-16 · Trust & Safety APIs
Indie app, 2,000 signups/mo: Didit $200 vs ID Analyzer $209 vs Stripe Identity $3,000. Large platform, 500,000 signups/mo: ID Analyzer wins at $39,680 while Stripe Identity hits $750,000.
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