# GenAI-FinOps: How Token Pricing Really Works

**Source:** FinOps Foundation · **Published:** Apr 15, 2026 · **Format:** Framework · **Category:** Practitioner methodology
**Measures:** Cost

A practitioner-level teardown of what advertised per-token pricing actually leaves out — pricing tiers, cached inputs, routing, and context length all move the effective cost away from the list price. Directly underwrites this site's distinction between API list price and effective token cost.

**Useful for:** Building methodology

Source: https://www.finops.org/wg/genai-finops-how-token-pricing-really-works/