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I've worked on a lot of API integrations and $1 for a single call is way more than I've ever paid. At that price, I'd burn through more than $30 on the first da
by twblalock 9y ago
I've worked on a lot of API integrations and $1 for a single call is way more than I've ever paid. At that price, I'd burn through more than $30 on the first day just by testing out the integration.
- mromanuk 9y ago$1 per 1000 Calls
- twblalock 9y agoHeh, I misread that. But I think that's still expensive. For example, the Google Maps API gives you 25,000 free calls per day and charges 50 cents per 1000 calls after that.
- rhacker 9y agoWhile he's suggesting $1 for 1000 calls, I find it interesting to suggest $1 per call for "anything" wouldn't be worth it... for example would you pay $1 to pull someone's credit report? (not that you need to, but just as an example where $1 per API call would actually be cheap).
- toomuchtodo 9y agoAgree very much here. I would argue I'd even pay more per API call versus pulling someone's credit report through traditional web app/fat client methods, as they business value is in the machine processable format. The trick is to align your pricing with the API consumer's value received. You want a piece of their take for the value you're delivering.