What are the current API costs and token budget best practices for running a custom internal chatbot in 2024?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What are the current API costs and token budget best practices for running a custom internal chatbot in 2024?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
OpenAI API pricing current 2026 official input output token prices modelsGoogle ↗
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OpenAI API pricing 2024 GPT-4o GPT-4o mini input output per million tokens historicalGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
OpenAI API token usage best practices prompt caching batch API context window official docsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
OpenAI API pricing current 2026 official input output token prices models Google ↗
OpenAI API pricing 2024 GPT-4o GPT-4o mini input output per million tokens historical Google ↗
OpenAI API token usage best practices prompt caching batch API context window official docs Google ↗
- Understanding and counting tokens · help.openai.com
- Prompt Caching in the API · openai.com
- GPT-4o Model · developers.openai.com
- Pricing · developers.openai.com
- Prompt caching · developers.openai.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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OpenAI API pricing current 2026 official input output token prices models OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Consequence | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
OpenAI API pricing 2024 GPT-4o GPT-4o mini input output per million tokens historical OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
OpenAI API token usage best practices prompt caching batch API context window official docs OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 |