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How LLM Pricing Works Explained

Input tokens, output tokens, and cache reads each cost differently — watch the three lanes and where the dollars go.

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The Meters Runtwo-wayper turncumulativeAPI meteringcompoundingchoosing caching + batch
Three Cost Lanestwo-wayper requestbilling cycleAPI meteringthree ratesreading an invoice