{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "surface_type": "tool_answer",
  "tool_id": "rag-cache-savings-simulator",
  "citation_question": "How much money can a higher cache hit rate save in agent workloads?",
  "question": "How much can I save per user and per month by improving cache hit rate?",
  "canonical_url": "https://www.unitcostai.com/tools/cache-savings",
  "formula": "savings_per_user_month_usd = cost_baseline_usd - cost_candidate_usd; monthly_savings_usd = savings_per_user_month_usd * monthly_active_users",
  "assumptions": [
    "Baseline and candidate runs keep non-cache assumptions fixed",
    "Cache hit rate is bounded between 0 and 0.99",
    "Costs are computed with one shared pricing snapshot context in USD"
  ],
  "example": "If baseline cost/user/month=8.50 and candidate cost/user/month=6.90, savings_per_user_month=1.60.",
  "units": "USD per active user-month and USD total monthly savings",
  "pricing_context": {
    "context_type": "pricing_snapshot",
    "snapshot_id": "2026-06-21",
    "snapshot_date": "2026-06-21",
    "reference_url": "https://www.unitcostai.com/pricing"
  },
  "pricing_snapshot": {
    "snapshot_id": "2026-06-21",
    "snapshot_date": "2026-06-21",
    "pricing_reference_url": "https://www.unitcostai.com/pricing"
  }
}