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Split traffic between immediate API calls and discounted batch processing to quantify the latency-for-savings trade.

Traffic split
5) for Haiku (
/$5) can cut a token bill ~5×.
20,000
2,500
350
65%
50%
4%
Batch savings
$700
33%
per month when 65% of traffic can wait
All realtime
,153
with retry overhead
Mixed mode
,453
390K batch requests
Annual savings
$8,396
50% discount
Line itemMonthly
Realtime share$753
Batch share after discount$700
Use this for latency-tolerant work like extraction, moderation, summarization, and offline evals.

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