Fable 5.1 6x cheaper for me than Astra? Unexpected

A user found Fable 5.1 to be significantly cheaper than Astra for their specific use case, costing $0.19 compared to Astra's $1.2, despite both being used at xhigh effort with 1M context. This unexpected result suggests that long context sessions might benefit from Fable's cheaper cached use. Other models like Sol and Opus 5 were priced at $0.3 and $0.2 respectively. The user also noted that Astra frequently got stuck, unlike Sol, which was very solid for coding.

This report uniquely details a user's real-world cost comparison, finding Fable 5.1 six times cheaper than Astra for their specific long-context use, unlike theoretical benchmarks.