# Has Anyone Noticed Model Output Quality Is Dropping as Usage-Based Billing Rises?

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**Created:** [July 16, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/has-anyone-noticed-model-output-quality-is-dropping-as-usage-based-billing-rises/118425 "2025-07-16T04:58:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![QTom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/b77776/32.png) [@QTom](https://forum.cursor.com/u/QTom)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/has-anyone-noticed-model-output-quality-is-dropping-as-usage-based-billing-rises/118425/11 "2025-07-16T16:20:25Z")

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The same feeling: responses are very bloated, with all kinds of meaningless summaries that not only waste tokens but also increase the chances of the model making mistakes. In contrast, Claude code is very concise, efficient, and accurately completes the task

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