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Simon Willison's Claude Token Counter tool now enables side-by-side comparison of token usage across different AI models
Simon Willison's Weblog · April 20, 2026
AI Summary
- •Token Counter tool has been upgraded with model comparison functionality
- •Allows users to see how the same text is tokenized differently across various AI models
- •Helps developers optimize costs by understanding token consumption patterns for Claude and competing models
- •Available on Simon Willison's website as a free utility for the AI development community
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