Switching structured output tasks to smaller models cuts costs by 96%
jxnlco · x · 2026-08-02
A developer shared a practical tip: always eval your workflows across the full suite of models. By moving a daily structured-output task from a larger model to a smaller one with no drop in performance, the cost per 1M input/output tokens dropped from $5/$30 to $0.20/$1.20—a 96% cost reduction.
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