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What are the best cost-saving strategies for reducing token consumption when running semantic search and vector database queries at scale?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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What are the best cost-saving strategies for reducing token consumption when running semantic search and vector database queries at scale?
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vector database semantic search cost optimization embedding caching batching chunking metadata filtering reranking token usage official documentationGoogle ↗
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OpenAI embeddings API batching token limits pricing prompt caching retrieval augmented generation context optimization documentationGoogle ↗
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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.

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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

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vector database semantic search cost optimization embedding caching batching chunking metadata filtering reranking token usage official documentation Google ↗
OpenAI embeddings API batching token limits pricing prompt caching retrieval augmented generation context optimization documentation Google ↗
  1. Prompt caching · developers.openai.com
  2. Prompt caching · developers.openai.com
  3. Build semantic search with native vector support in Amazon DynamoDB · aws.amazon.com
  4. Create embeddings · developers.openai.com

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vector database semantic search cost optimization embedding caching batching chunking metadata filtering reranking token usage official documentation
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OpenAI embeddings API batching token limits pricing prompt caching retrieval augmented generation context optimization documentation
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