RealFeedApp All major providers offer a 50% discount for batch API requests
The study found that the 50% discount on batch API is often underestimated because actual savings depend on the percentage of requests that can be deferred up to 24 hours. Effective savings range from 50% for fully deferred traffic to 10% for real-time requests.
- Field
- applying language models
- What they did
- Authors demonstrated that the standard 50% discount on batch API requests is often overstated because it applies only to calls that can be deferred for 24 hours, not all real-time requests.
- Why it matters
- This helps teams calculate actual API costs more accurately by understanding that total savings depend on the proportion of their requests that do not require an immediate response.
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