Token cost optimization lowers the price per request. AI spend optimization lowers the total cost of finished work, rework included.
By Avik Ghosh, Managing Founder, illuminis
Token cost optimization lowers the price paid per request: cheaper models, shorter prompts, cached context. AI spend optimization lowers the total cost of getting the work done, which also counts extra attempts, human rework and the cost of switching models.
A company can cut its token bill and still raise its AI spend, because people end up redoing more work. A cheaper model that needs four attempts and an hour of fixing costs far more than a stronger model that gets it right first time.
CompletionPrism™ optimizes AI spend as a whole, and token cost reduction happens as part of it. It optimizes work, not tokens.