Estimated monthly cost
$1,080
$0.0180 per task · $12,960 per year
Input$720
Cache$0
Output$360
Where to save
Serve 60% of input from cache$691 −36%
Cut the prompt by 30%$864 −20%
Send half the tasks to Claude Haiku 4.5$810 −25%
All combined$444 −59%
Reference prices as of 2026-10, in US dollars. Excludes infrastructure, search, embeddings, evaluation and people, which are usually most of the real cost.
Token price is just the beginning: the real cost lives in how the system behaves. Read the article →