AI App Usage Calculator
Estimate the monthly infrastructure cost of running your AI features. This calculates token usage, not the one-time cost to build the app.
[ APP COST PREJECTION ]
$90.00/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
20
The size of the user message + system prompt
Length of the AI's response
3
Review Projections
Per Request$0.004500
Per Day$3.00
Per Month$90.00
Cost as you grow
| Users | Requests / Mo | Monthly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 2.0M | $9,000.00 | $108.0K |
| 1.0K | 20.0M | $90,000.00 | $1.1M |
| 10.0K | 200.0M | $900.0K | $10.8M |
| 100.0K | 2000.0M | $9.0M | $108.0M |
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Unit Economics of AI
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