{"id":43,"date":"2026-06-30T21:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howmanytokens.org\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2026-06-30T21:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:11:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/howmanytokens.org\/?page_id=43","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About How Many Tokens<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How Many Tokens started as a simple idea: developers and writers needed a fast way to know exactly how much their AI usage costs before they hit send.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every AI model processes text differently. The same paragraph can cost more with one provider than another depending on how it&#8217;s tokenized. 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