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Back-calculating a fixed request count from dollar quotas introduces errors because different platforms may use different accounting methods for input caching and input token pricing.
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UnverifiedSubscription-based quotas are usually not priced directly in dollars, but instead use credits or abstract quota units that are converted internally by the platform according to model weights, creating information asymmetry70% 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.69% similarVerifiedMajor vendors commonly adopt differentiated pricing for input tokens and output tokens, with output tokens typically costing 3–5 times more than input tokens.68% similarUnverifiedCache hits reduce the billing rate per request, not the absolute amount of tokens consumed.68% similarUnverifiedPrompt Caching在提示词前缀完全相同且超过约1024 token阈值时命中，缓存token通常按原价的25%甚至更低计费67% similar
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