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AI Cost Calculator
The foundational "what does this workload cost?" tool.
Try the calculator →AI Model Finder
Compare every model side-by-side. Filter by context, price, modality.
Try the calculator →Token Reduction Stack
Stack 6 techniques. See exact savings on YOUR workload.
Try the calculator →ROI Quick Check
Hours saved × labor cost vs spend. Payback in 30 seconds.
Try the calculator →Agentic AI Stack
Planner + executor loop + verifier. Full agent cost on one screen.
Try the calculator →🚨My bill is spiking (7)
Audit a runaway bill, find the biggest line items, model what one bad day costs.
Token Reduction Stack
Stack 6 techniques. See exact savings on YOUR workload.
Try the calculator →Quarterly Spend Forecaster
The agentic shift. Your CFO is about to be surprised.
Try the calculator →Pricing History Explorer
2.5+ years of vendor pricing. 62K+ historical price points.
Try the calculator →📉Cut what I'm spending (17)
Caching, batching, model routing, distillation — stack the savings on what you already run.
Token Reduction Stack
Stack 6 techniques. See exact savings on YOUR workload.
Try the calculator →Prompt Cache ROI
Will caching save money or cost money? Break-even hit-rate by vendor.
Try the calculator →Multi-Model Router
Route easy queries to cheap, hard ones to flagship. Tier savings.
Try the calculator →Batch vs Realtime
~50% off async. What fraction of your workload tolerates 24h SLA?
Try the calculator →Buy vs Build
Outcome-priced vendor or build it yourself? Engineering cost included.
Try the calculator →RAG vs Fine-Tuning
Head-to-head cost across both approaches at YOUR query volume.
Try the calculator →Chunking Optimizer
Chunk size vs retrieval quality vs token cost. Find the sweet spot.
Try the calculator →Self-Host Breakeven
Llama / Qwen on rented GPUs vs API. Real ops costs included.
Try the calculator →Dev Stack Calculator
Find overlap in your AI dev tools. Stop paying for redundancy.
Try the calculator →API vs Pro+SDK Breakeven
Direct API or a Claude Pro/Max/Team plan? Models the June-15 Agent SDK carve-out.
Try the calculator →Subscription Picker for Builders
Best AI subscription for your team by persona — founder, CTO, FP&A, consultant.
Try the calculator →🧮Plan a new workload (16)
Model the workload before you build it. Forecast, scale, and break-even analysis.
AI Cost Calculator
The foundational "what does this workload cost?" tool.
Try the calculator →AI Model Finder
Compare every model side-by-side. Filter by context, price, modality.
Try the calculator →Buy vs Build
Outcome-priced vendor or build it yourself? Engineering cost included.
Try the calculator →ROI Quick Check
Hours saved × labor cost vs spend. Payback in 30 seconds.
Try the calculator →Annual Cost Forecaster
Project monthly AI spend for 12 months with growth assumptions.
Try the calculator →Quarterly Spend Forecaster
The agentic shift. Your CFO is about to be surprised.
Try the calculator →Scale Projection
Show CFOs what scaling 10× actually costs. Tier-transition warnings.
Try the calculator →Vendor Concentration Risk
What if your #1 AI vendor goes down? HHI score + diversification plan.
Try the calculator →API vs Pro+SDK Breakeven
Direct API or a Claude Pro/Max/Team plan? Models the June-15 Agent SDK carve-out.
Try the calculator →Subscription Picker for Builders
Best AI subscription for your team by persona — founder, CTO, FP&A, consultant.
Try the calculator →TCO Complete Wizard
Full AI total cost of ownership — workload × vertical × cloud, 6 pillars.
Try the calculator →🤖Cost an agent / RAG / voice stack (17)
Multi-step agents, retrieval pipelines, voice bots — full integrated stack costs.
RAG vs Fine-Tuning
Head-to-head cost across both approaches at YOUR query volume.
Try the calculator →Chunking Optimizer
Chunk size vs retrieval quality vs token cost. Find the sweet spot.
Try the calculator →Embedding Cost
RAG indexing + re-indexing + query cost across 9 embedding models.
Try the calculator →RAG Pipeline Cost
Full RAG stack on one screen — ingest, storage, query, generation.
Try the calculator →Multimodal RAG Stack
Doc + vision + audio retrieval. Composed cost across all stages.
Try the calculator →Agentic AI Stack
Planner + executor loop + verifier. Full agent cost on one screen.
Try the calculator →Agentic Workflow Cost
Claude Code · Cursor · Copilot. Monthly burn across 4 vendors.
Try the calculator →Self-Host Breakeven
Llama / Qwen on rented GPUs vs API. Real ops costs included.
Try the calculator →Agentic AI Playbook
Step-by-step guided journey. Learn the cost levers in ~10 min.
Try the calculator →Multimodal RAG Playbook
Build a RAG system. Understand cost levers step by step.
Try the calculator →📊Track price trends (4)
2.5 years of vendor pricing history. Free-tier checker. Currency conversion.
AI Model Finder
Compare every model side-by-side. Filter by context, price, modality.
Try the calculator →Pricing History Explorer
2.5+ years of vendor pricing. 62K+ historical price points.
Try the calculator →Free Tier Checker
Do you actually need to pay? Free-tier limits across major vendors.
Try the calculator →👤Personal / consumer AI (6)
Subscription decisions for individuals, families, creators, and developers.
Free Tier Checker
Do you actually need to pay? Free-tier limits across major vendors.
Try the calculator →Subscription Picker
Which AI subscription should I pay for? 6 quick questions.
Try the calculator →Creator Bundle
YouTuber, podcaster, blogger? Optimal AI stack + redundancy report.
Try the calculator →Family Plan Comparator
Cheapest AI plan for a household. Per-person cost ranked.
Try the calculator →Dev Stack Calculator
Find overlap in your AI dev tools. Stop paying for redundancy.
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