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AI Token Cost Calculator
Estimate direct AI model token cost from prompt size, response size, request volume, and the selected per-token pricing tier.
Result
Estimated token cost
$17.50
Input tokens
15,000,000
Output tokens
5,000,000
How to use this calculator
What this calculator does
Estimate direct AI model token cost from prompt size, response size, request volume, and the selected per-token pricing tier.
How to use it
Choose a pricing tier, enter average input and output tokens per request, and use a request count that includes expected production volume. Add separate estimates for retries, routing calls, hosted tools, and vendor fees if they apply.
What the result means
Use the result to compare scenarios and spot cost drivers. Actual spend can change with provider pricing, model routing, retries, caching, usage spikes, and workflow design.
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Actual AI costs depend on provider pricing, model choice, token usage, discounts, caching, retries, batching, tool calls, workflow design, and usage volume.
Scenario guidance
When to use this
Use this when sizing the direct model bill for a specific AI feature, batch job, or internal workflow before adding surrounding infrastructure costs.
Example scenario
A product team is testing a support-summary feature and wants to know whether longer retrieved context will materially change the per-month API bill.
Inputs that usually matter most
- Input tokens per request, especially if prompts include documents, chat history, examples, or retrieval results.
- Output tokens per request, because generated tokens often have a higher listed price than input tokens.
- Request volume, including scheduled jobs, retries, test traffic, and non-user-facing classification calls.
Common mistake to avoid
Do not price only the visible final response if the workflow also performs moderation, routing, retrieval expansion, evaluation, or retry calls.
How to interpret the result
Treat the result as direct token spend for the selected pricing assumption. If it looks high, inspect context length, response length, request volume, model tier, caching, and whether every call needs the same model.
Actual AI costs vary by provider pricing, model choice, token accounting, cache rules, retries, batching, discounts, and workflow design.
Formula
The calculator multiplies total input and output token volume by the selected per-million-token prices. Pricing options come from calculator data and should be updated when provider pricing changes.
Example API token budget
25,000 requests with 2,200 input tokens and 700 output tokens on the balanced model use 55,000,000 input tokens and 17,500,000 output tokens. Estimated direct token cost is $62.50.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is model pricing edited?
Model prices are stored in aiModelOptions in the calculator data file, not inside UI components.
Does this include storage or fine tuning?
No. It estimates token usage only, before platform fees, storage, fine tuning, or discounts.
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