> I hope no one out there’s paying per token!

Some companies are. Yes, for Claude Code. My co used to be like that as it's an easy ramp up instead of giving devs who might not use it that much a $150/mo seat; if you use it enough you can have a seat and save money, but if you're not touching $150 in credits a month just use the API. Oxide also recommends using API pricing. [0]

0: https://gist.github.com/david-crespo/5c5eaf36a2d20be8a3013ba...