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# Cost per answer

Every reply carries its own cost line, right under the answer: input tokens, cached tokens, output tokens, and the price. The figures update while the answer streams.

The line under a reply

Answer

**Input tokens**

**Cached tokens**

**Output tokens**

**Price**

**Cached tokens**

Cached input is cheaper than fresh input. Long threads benefit from that automatically.

## The full ledger

The line under a reply covers that one answer. Usage holds the full ledger, per chat, per model and per day.

The same entries, grouped three ways

**Per chat**

**Per model**

**Per day**
