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Design the pricing structure for a model API with several model tiers. What levers do you use, and how do you avoid surprising customers?

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API pricing shapes which products developers can build. The interviewer wants tier spread, input and output pricing, discounts that reward efficient usage, enterprise commitments, and predictability.

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API pricing shapes which products developers can build. The interviewer wants tier spread, input and output pricing, discounts that reward efficient usage, enterprise commitments, and predictability.

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