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Computer use is 45x more expensive than a structured API call

Reddit r/AI_Agents · 2026-05-18

A benchmark shows that computer-use agents are 45x more expensive than structured API calls for the same task, due to high token usage from screenshots and multiple steps. The author argues that for internal tools with exposed state, API-based agents are more efficient, and promotes Reflex 0.9 which auto-generates APIs from app handlers.

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