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The Batch API discount isn't 50% -- and it isn't always a discount
Batch halves token rates at OpenAI, Anthropic and Google -- but takes 20% at xAI and nothing on its flagship. When batch beats a warm cache, and when it costs more.
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The cheapest LLM API by use case (2026)
There is no single cheapest LLM API. The winner depends on your workload shape. Verified $/M prices for classification, chat, coding, RAG, batch, and reasoning.