Author
Martin Schmid, PMP
Implementation Lead at Viova (Valsoft)
Martin leads European AI implementations at Viova. He has rolled out voice AI at more than 30 automotive dealerships and spent four years leading multi-country enterprise software projects, so he reads AI pricing from the buyer's side.
No-BS Takes by Martin Schmid
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Is Half Price Off-Peak, but Most Hosts Charge the Peak Rate (Nov 2, 2026)
- Cheapest Web Search API for AI Agents: Prices Differ by 23x (Oct 31, 2026)
- Gemini 4 Argon Price Doubles on December 1: Is the Top GPQA Score Worth It? (Oct 31, 2026)
- Alibaba Cloud Qwen Pricing: The Wrong Region Costs You 51% More (Oct 25, 2026)
- Cheapest gpt-oss-120b API: Hosts Differ by 7.8x for the Same Model (Oct 19, 2026)
- Qwen3.7 Max Costs Half as Much on Novita as on Alibaba Cloud (Oct 17, 2026)
- Is Google AI Pro Worth It for Gemini 3.8 Flash? The API Math Says Mostly No (Sep 28, 2026)