A prompt that cost $9.39

· May 25, 2025 ·

1 min read

Someone asked Claude 4 Opus MAX in Cursor to build a simple website. It performed great, but cost 234.7 Cursor requests out of 500.

They claim one request is ~$0.04, so that prompt ended up becoming ~$9.39.

Link: https://x.com/PovilasKorop/status/1926575271588610135

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