No caching hurts: Nebius costs 5.7x more for same model
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-31
A price comparison reveals that while different providers list the same price for the GLM-5.2 model, actual costs vary drastically due to caching strategies. Fireworks AI's real cost is just 18% of the list price, Sference is 30%, and TensorX is 43%. In contrast, Nebius, which offers no caching, costs the full 100% of the list price. This translates to Nebius being 5.7 times more expensive than Fireworks for the same usage. The data highlights that cache hit rate, not the sticker price, is the true determinant of inference cost.
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