# A prompt that cost $9.39
Author: Sai Krishna
Author URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/author/sai-krishna
Published: 2025-05-25
Category: Prompt
Category URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/category/prompt
Tags: cursor, Claude
Tag URLs: cursor (https://aicodinghorrors.com/tag/cursor), Claude (https://aicodinghorrors.com/tag/claude)
URL: https://aicodinghorrors.com/a-prompt-that-cost-dollar939-cmb3wv3jf0006rrmg2n2w0aae

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.

![Image](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/image-cp-1748193076385-compressed.jpeg)

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![Image](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/image-cp-1748193140484-compressed.jpeg)

![Image](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cmb3j94u10000pwfqgmfptf45/images/image-cp-1748193162563-compressed.jpeg)

Link: [https://x.com/PovilasKorop/status/1926575271588610135](https://x.com/PovilasKorop/status/1926575271588610135) ​


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