5 Strategies That Cut My Claude API Bills by 95%

5 Strategies That Cut My Claude API Bills by 95% The Single Most Important Insight I Learned the Hard Way After blowing through my Claude API budget in one week, I discovered that enabling Prompt Caching in my API requests reduced my costs by 90% for repetitive tasks. This one change saved me $800 in a single month. Prompt Caching Example # WITHOUT Caching (Simplified for Illustration) def claude_query_without_caching ( prompt ): response = claude_api . query ( prompt , cache_control = None ) return response # WITH Caching (Actual Implementation) def claude_query_with_caching ( prompt , cache_key = " my_caching_key " ): response = claude_api . query ( prompt , cache_control = { " cache_key " : cache_key , " read_through " : True # Ensure caching is applied } ) return response # Usage first_response = claude_query_with_caching ( " My System Prompt + Question 1 " ) second_response = claude_query_with_caching ( " My System Prompt + Question 2 " ) # Only pays 10% for the System Prompt Clau