Cutting AI API costs
Most AI bills are inflated by avoidable waste. These are the levers we pull, in order of impact.
Cache aggressively
Identical requests happen constantly. Cache exact matches and near-matches; even a 30% hit rate changes your unit economics.
Route by difficulty
Send easy inputs to cheap small models and hard ones to expensive models. A simple classifier routes most traffic cheaply with negligible quality loss.
Frequently asked questions
Do output limits help?
Yes — bounded outputs prevent runaway generations. Set max tokens per task type and stick to them.