Data Classification & Provenance

The four-tier authority hierarchy and confidence metrics governing all Brixapi market intelligence records.

Measured by Brixapi

Independent (Highest)

Collected by automated synthetic probe workers executing scheduled multi-region requests measuring TTFT, streaming latency, HTTP errors (429, 500, 502, 503, 504), tool execution, and response fingerprint consistency.

Official Source

Vendor Documentation

Ingested from first-party model creator documentation (e.g. Anthropic, OpenAI pricing pages) serving as the baseline for market median and discount calculations.

Provider Reported

Claimed Provider Authority

Ingested from verified provider feeds (/.well-known/brixapi/pricing) and metadata updates. Limited to factual metadata (pricing, support channels, regional endpoints).

Community Reported

Crowdsourced Signals

Submitted by developers and users. Must pass independent probe verification before impacting organic rankings or benchmarks.