Prompt caching calculator
Prompt caching bills a reused prefix at a steep discount. Enter your volumes and cached percentage to see the monthly savings.
| Model | Monthly cost | Saved by caching |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest)cheapest | $199.00 | $126.00 / mo |
| Qwen3.8 Max | $305.00 | $245.00 / mo |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | $597.00 | $378.00 / mo |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | $995.00 | $630.00 / mo |
Estimates based on published per-token pricing. Token counts for non-OpenAI models are approximate. Tune models in the full comparison calculator.
Current model pricing
| Model | Provider | Input | Cached | Output | Context | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8 Max | Alibaba | $2 | $0.25 | $6 | 1 000k | 2026-08-03 |
| Claude Haiku 4.5 (latest) | Anthropic | $1 | $0.1 | $5 | 200k | 2025-10-15 |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | $5 | $0.5 | $25 | 1 000k | 2026-05-28 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Anthropic | $3 | $0.3 | $15 | 1 000k | 2026-03-13 |
| DeepSeek Chat | DeepSeek | $0.14 | $0.0028 | $0.28 | 1 000k | 2026-02-28 |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash | $0.3 | $0.03 | $2.5 | 1 048,576k | 2025-06-17 | |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | $1.5 | $0.15 | $9 | 1 048,576k | 2026-05-19 | |
| Mistral Medium (latest) | Mistral | $1.5 | n/a | $7.5 | 262,144k | 2026-04-29 |
| Kimi K3 | Moonshot AI | $3 | $0.3 | $15 | 1 048,576k | 2026-07-16 |
| GPT-4.1 mini | OpenAI | $0.4 | $0.1 | $1.6 | 1 047,576k | 2025-04-14 |
| GPT-4o | OpenAI | $2.5 | $1.25 | $10 | 128k | 2024-08-06 |
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | $5 | $0.5 | $30 | 1 050k | 2026-04-23 |
| Grok 4.5 | xAI | $2 | $0.3 | $6 | 500k | 2026-07-08 |
| GLM-5.2 | Zhipu AI | $1.4 | $0.26 | $4.4 | 1 000k | 2026-06-13 |
Prices per 1M tokens (USD). Each model links to its official source. Seed values pending re-verification. See the methodology.