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Thinking tokens for reasoning models are typically billed, and setting a token budget cap can prevent runaway costs from a single request.
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Unverified实践中通过设置「上下文预算」为每次模型调用设定 token 上限，并在预算内通过优先级排序决定包含哪些信息76% similarUnverifiedReasoning content is often billed the same as regular text in terms of token counting, so retaining reasoning increases the number of tokens carried in requests and affects call costs.76% similarUnverifiedCost accounting should separately track the volume and cost of input tokens and output tokens, rather than looking at total token count in aggregate.75% similarVerifiedThe output token unit price of large models is generally higher than that of input tokens.73% similarUnverifiedCommon methods for controlling token costs include truncating conversation history, using summary-based memory compression, and selecting models of different scales for different tasks.72% similar
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