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The cost of cache reads should, by industry convention, be approximately one-tenth that of regular input tokens.
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8/5/2026
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Cursor隐性加价争议：缓存token被收12.5倍附加费
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UnverifiedIn the session assumed by the article, a gateway labeled "50% off" but with cache reads at only a 20% discount and cache writes at full price actually gives a 28% discount, costing $12.13.78% similarUnverifiedA Prompt Caching cache hit read costs only 0.1 times the base input price, while the initial write cost is 2 times the regular input price.76% similarUnverifiedCached input reads enjoy a 90% discount (billed at 10% of the original price).72% similarUnverifiedThe workflow costs less than one cent per bookkeeping entry, whereas an $8-per-month bookkeeping app subscription costs $0.08 per entry at 100 entries per month.71% similarUnverifiedThe price of prompt cache reads is only 0.05×–0.1× the normal input price (depending on the model), the Batch API enjoys a 50% discount when you can wait, and Anthropic charges an additional $10 per 1,000 searches for web search.71% similar
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