O3 pricing: before 0.50 it was 30 cents per request. What now?

Hi, I’m trying to understand the pricing model of 0.50 update.

I found it rather convenient to have o3 requests priced at 30 cents - fixed cost that I could easily manage.

I see that o3 is now only available via MAX mode. So this pricing is a per-token pricing, no longer per request?

I saw the pricing page ( Cursor – Models & Pricing) but not sure I get it.

How do I map my previous o3 usage (0.30$ per request) to the new 0.50 version pricing?

I am pretty sure it uses up your fast request and after that it continues based on token pricing on the pricing page

I’m not sure if this is final by now - there is this new dashboard web page which e.g. shows a normal, small (foreground) request being priced way below the 0.30$ when you hover the last cell of a row.

However if your token counts are high it can also easily exceed that, I had requests that are around 0.85$
So I think with the max mode you still want to control the token counts or use it just when needed (not as default mode)

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Also using your own api key for o3 max is not allow. At least azure api key is not working.