Comment by xmcqdpt2

At work we pay per token because we use a third party tool (amp) and it is very pricy. OTOH the subscription model is obviously not profitable. It's priced to capture market share, like Uber in 2010. (TBH the token pricing is probably not profitable either.)

From the point of view of a large entreprise, it makes more sense to pay a third party that can itself swap out Claude for Gemini (for example) based on pricing, then to buy subscriptions to one specific tool that is likely to suddenly cost 10x as much when they run out of VC funds. The dynamic is going to be different for individuals and small companies.