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title: "computer use 45x more expensive than structured apis"
source_url: https://reflex.dev/blog/computer-use-is-45x-more-expensive-than-structured-apis/
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source_published: 2026-04-27
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created: 2026-05-10
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# Computer Use is 45x More Expensive Than Structured APIs
Palash Awasthi 的系统 Benchmark：Vision agent vs API agent 在同一个 admin panel 任务上的成本对比。Vision agent: 53 steps/551K tokens/~17min。API agent: 8 calls/12K tokens/~20sec（Haiku 仅 8sec/10K tokens）。核心洞察："An agent that must see in order to act will always pay for the seeing."