About AI Cost Calculator

AI Cost Calculator is an independent set of free tools for estimating the real cost, break-even point and ROI of AI products — APIs, agents, chatbots, RAG apps and AI SaaS. We built it because most AI calculators stop at "tokens × price", ignoring the retries, tool calls, embeddings, caching and human review that determine what you actually pay in production.

What the site does

Each calculator turns your expected usage into a detailed estimate: monthly cost, cost per unit, a model-by-model comparison, optimisation tips and — where relevant — ROI and break-even analysis. Everything runs in your browser; we don't require an account.

How estimates are calculated

We maintain a pricing database sourced from official provider pricing pages and apply transparent formulas documented on our methodology page. Token counts use standard heuristics. All outputs are planning estimates, not quotes.

How often pricing is updated

AI prices change frequently. We review provider pricing periodically and stamp each pricing update with a "last updated" date. See data sources for the providers we track and their official links.

Contact

Questions, corrections or pricing updates? Email malvictech@gmail.com or use the contact page.