AI Product Economics Calculator
Estimate fully loaded AI costs including model calls, retries, human review, fixed spend and successful task rate.
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How this tool works
Monthly tasks equal daily tasks multiplied by operating days. Model-call attempts equal tasks multiplied by 1 + extra retries / 100. Token costs use user-entered prices per million input and output tokens. Human review is tasks multiplied by review minutes divided by 60 and multiplied by hourly pay. Add fixed monthly costs, then divide by the number of accepted tasks to find cost per accepted outcome. All prices are manual inputs; this tool does not fetch or imply current vendor prices.
Limitations and responsible use
Retry overhead is modeled as an average number of extra attempts, not a probability of success. Human review is per original task, and the accepted rate is applied to original tasks, so confirm that these definitions match your workflow. Add retrieval, hosting, licensing, taxes and other expenses to fixed costs as relevant. No prices are verified live.
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