AI Agent Cost Calculator

    Agents are expensive because they think in loops. Estimate the cost of complex, multi-step autonomous workflows.

    [ AGENT COST PREJECTION ]
    $48.75/mo
    1

    Pick your engine

    GPT-4o

    flagship

    Best for most tasks

    Input / 1M$2.50
    Output / 1M$10.00

    GPT-4o mini

    fast

    Fastest & cheapest OpenAI option

    Input / 1M$0.15
    Output / 1M$0.60

    o1

    flagship

    Advanced reasoning

    Input / 1M$15.00
    Output / 1M$60.00

    o1-mini

    standard

    Fast reasoning model

    Input / 1M$3.00
    Output / 1M$12.00

    GPT-3.5 Turbo

    fast

    Legacy fast model

    Input / 1M$0.50
    Output / 1M$1.50
    2

    Scale & Volume

    1,000
    5
    3
    1

    The size of the user message + system prompt

    Length of the AI's response

    3

    Review Projections

    Per Request$0.003250
    Per Day$1.63
    Per Month$48.75

    Cost as you grow

    UsersRequests / MoMonthlyYearly
    1001.5M$4,875.00$58,500.00
    1.0K15.0M$48,750.00$585.0K
    10.0K150.0M$487.5K$5.9M
    100.0K1500.0M$4.9M$58.5M

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    The "Agent Tax"

    Unlike a simple chatbot, an AI agent might make 5-10 API calls to complete a single user task. This includes searching the web, calling internal tools, and "reflecting" on its own output. Always use a reasoning model for the core logic and a faster model for the sub-steps to save up to 80% on costs.

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