tomitelaQ: Claude api tokens
Hi, today I almost made the purchase, but then I received an answer comparing different chat systems, and now I’m worried about additional API costs with Claude. As I understand, Claude is the only one I can connect to.
So here is my real question: in a real estate chat, where users usually ask simple, normal questions (no website parsing), and maybe 1 out of 10 users might ask to check a website for the best real estate options — which Claude model would you recommend connecting in this situation?
Also, how much would it cost with each of the three models (Claude Haiku, Claude Sonnet, Claude Opus) if the chat handles around 20 question/answer messages?
sohaib.dmchamp
May 7, 2026A: To best answer this, I'll give you some real numbers.
Someone at the moment is using their own API key and doing massive volumes, so I'll use their numbers as an example. Over the past seven days, they have used about $200 (sonnet) in token usage for approximately 200 contacts.
In that time:
1. They've sent 10,000 messages
2. They've closed about $30,000 in revenue
Now, you do the math.