GoKawiilThe blended cache price shown here uses cache hit price only. Other caching costs differ by provider:
Anthropic: charges a separate cache write fee, with different rates for 5-minute and 1-hour TTLs (1-hour TTL is more expensive).
charges a separate cache write fee, with different rates for 5-minute and 1-hour TTLs (1-hour TTL is more expensive). Google (Vertex/Gemini): charges a per-hour cache storage fee in addition to cache hit pricing. Some providers also use tiered pricing for prompts above 200K tokens.
charges a per-hour cache storage fee in addition to cache hit pricing. Some providers also use tiered pricing for prompts above 200K tokens. OpenAI, DeepSeek, others: typically charge only cache hit pricing with no write or storage fee.
See Prompt Caching for the full breakdown.