{"slug": "the-token-meter-is-moving-pricing-power-to-whichever-model-is-cheapest-to-host", "title": "The Token Meter Is Moving Pricing Power To Whichever Model Is Cheapest To Host", "summary": "On June 1, 2026, GitHub Copilot switched from flat-rate requests to per-token billing, with each model call priced individually for input, cached-input, and output tokens. The change shifts pricing power to the cheapest model to host, as users watch their bills accumulate in real time.", "body_md": "On June 1, 2026, GitHub Copilot switched from flat-rate requests to per-token billing. Every model call now shows up as a line of input tokens, cached-input tokens, and output tokens, priced individually per model, on a bill the user watches accumulate in real time. One month later, on July 1, GitHub", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-token-meter-is-moving-pricing-power-to-whichever-model-is-cheapest-to-host", "canonical_source": "https://aidatumpoint.substack.com/p/the-token-meter-is-moving-pricing", "published_at": "2026-07-02 18:19:20+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-03 21:03:00.322679+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-products", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["GitHub", "GitHub Copilot"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-token-meter-is-moving-pricing-power-to-whichever-model-is-cheapest-to-host", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-token-meter-is-moving-pricing-power-to-whichever-model-is-cheapest-to-host.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-token-meter-is-moving-pricing-power-to-whichever-model-is-cheapest-to-host.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-token-meter-is-moving-pricing-power-to-whichever-model-is-cheapest-to-host.jsonld"}}