LLM API bills, and why a token costs what it costs
How input and output tokens get priced, why output runs 5-6x more, and how prompt caching cuts the input bill by 10x. Plus the hidden costs that ambush people.
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How input and output tokens get priced, why output runs 5-6x more, and how prompt caching cuts the input bill by 10x. Plus the hidden costs that ambush people.