Claude Cache

What is Claude Cache?

Claude Cache is a feature of the Anthropic API that allows users to cache prompts, significantly reducing costs and improving response times. This feature is particularly useful for applications that frequently use the same prompts, such as AI assistants, code generation tools, and information retrieval systems. By caching prompts, Claude Cache can cut API input costs by up to 90% and reduce latency by up to 80%.

Benefits

Claude Cache offers several key advantages:

• Cost Savings: The initial API call costs $3.75 per million tokens, but subsequent calls are reduced to $0.3 per million tokens, resulting in substantial cost savings.
• Faster Response Times: Cached prompts can lead to up to 79% faster response times, making interactions with AI models more efficient.
• Efficient Multi-Turn Conversations: Claude Cache supports multi-turn conversations, allowing users to progressively cache previous turns as the conversation advances. This is particularly useful for applications that involve complex interactions, such as tool use features that add many tokens to the context window each turn.

Use Cases

Claude Cache is beneficial for a variety of applications:

• AI Assistants: Tools like Perplexity and Notion AI, which use Claude models, can benefit from prompt caching as multiple users often enter the same prompts.
• Code Generation: Applications that require the reuse of the same prompts or templates for code generation can significantly reduce costs and improve efficiency.
• Information Retrieval: Tools like Perplexity, which query the same information along with the same context multiple times, can benefit from the cost savings and faster response times offered by Claude Cache.

Pricing

The pricing for Claude Cache involves an initial API call cost of $3.75 per million tokens, which accounts for storing the prompt in the cache. Subsequent calls are priced at $0.3 per million tokens, making it a cost-effective solution for applications that frequently use the same prompts.

Vibes

Claude Cache has been well-received for its ability to significantly reduce costs and improve response times. Users appreciate the substantial savings on API input costs and the faster processing times, making it a valuable feature for applications that rely on frequent prompt usage.

Additional Information

Claude Cache is part of the advanced Claude 3.5 Sonnet model, one of the most sophisticated LLMs available. The feature is designed to work seamlessly with the Anthropic API, providing users with a powerful tool to optimize their AI interactions. For more detailed information, users can refer to the interactive artifact on cost savings and the Anthropic Cookbook.