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Anthropic Prompt Caching: Cut API Costs by Up to 90%

Anthropic prompt caching charges 10% of the normal input price on cache hits — 90% off. Here's how cache_control works, the break-even math, minimum prefix sizes, and which workloads actually benefit.

Published May 6, 2026
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