Optimization & Savings · 4 min · Updated 2026-09-13

Model-tier recommendations

How Tokeven suggests the right model for each task

What a tier drop is worth

The saving from dropping a tier is set by list prices, so it is easy to state exactly. Moving a call from Claude Opus 4.8 to Claude Sonnet 4.6 cuts its token price by 40%; moving it to Claude Haiku 4.5 cuts it by 80%. How many of your calls can drop a tier without losing quality depends on your workload - we do not publish a customer average, because we have none to publish.

How suggestions work

The pre-send advisor looks at the call in front of it:

  • •Task type - it detects the kind of task (classification, extraction, code generation and so on); simple tasks rarely need a top-tier model
  • •Price - it prices the call on the current model and on cheaper alternatives across all four providers
  • •Confidence - each alternative gets a confidence score for that task type, taken from a third-party benchmark snapshot; the advisor prints the benchmark week and flags a stale snapshot

Weekly digest

On paid plans, account admins get a weekly digest email with the week's spend by model category (premium, standard and efficient) and by provider, plus coaching tips - for example, when most spend sits on premium models or the cache hit rate is low.

Not a router

Tokeven doesn't route your calls automatically. We show you the data and let you decide. This means you stay in control and learn to make better choices.

Track your real costs

Calculators estimate. The dashboard shows what you actually spend and where you can save.