How much does it cost to add AI to my app?

It depends on the feature and usage. A chatbot handling 1,000 messages/day costs $0.90-$45/month on budget models. Content generation at 100 articles/day costs $3-$150/month. Code completion for a team of 10 costs $5-$50/month. Use our estimator above for your exact numbers.

Which AI model is cheapest for my use case?

Budget models like Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite ($0.075/$0.30), DeepSeek V4 Flash ($0.14/$0.28), and GPT-4o mini ($0.15/$0.60) are cheapest for most features. Premium models like GPT-5.5 ($5/$30) and Claude Opus 4.8 ($5/$25) cost 20-100x more but offer better quality for complex reasoning tasks.

What is the ROI of adding AI features?

AI features typically cost $5-$500/month in API fees but can save 10-100x that in developer time. A customer support chatbot replacing 1 human agent saves ~$4,000/month while costing $30-$150/month in API fees. The ROI is usually 10:1 to 50:1 for well-chosen use cases.

How much does your AI feature actually cost?

Pick your feature, enter your usage, and see exact monthly costs across 34 models. No sign-up required.

1. What are you building?

💬

Chatbot

Customer support, sales, FAQ

✍️

Content Generation

Blog posts, marketing copy

💻

Code Completion

IDE assistant, code review

📊

Data Analysis

Summarize, extract, classify

🌐

Translation

Multi-language support

🔍

RAG / Search

Document Q&A, knowledge base

🤖

AI Agent

Multi-step, tool-using agent

📝

Summarization

Condense articles, meetings

2. How many requests per day?

Quick presets:

100/day (MVP)

1K/day (Growth)

10K/day (Scale)

100K/day (Enterprise)

Requests / day How many API calls per day

Avg input tokens System prompt + user message

Avg output tokens Model response length

Cost estimates across 34 models

Model ▼	Provider ▼	Tier ▼	Input $/1M ▼	Output $/1M ▼	Monthly Cost ▼	Per Request ▼	Notes

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