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Chatbot Builder
50K messages/mo
Before: $180/mo
After: $72/mo
Save $1,296/year
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RAG Pipeline
100K queries/mo
Before: $420/mo
After: $168/mo
Save $3,024/year
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Content Team
200K tokens/mo
Before: $95/mo
After: $38/mo
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Chatbot — GPT-5 mini
50K msgs/mo · $45/mo
Chatbot — Gemini Flash
50K msgs/mo · $12/mo
Code Agent — Claude Sonnet
10K req/mo · $180/mo
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Save $127/mo
Route simple requests to Gemini Flash instead of GPT-5 mini
Save $89/mo
Add response caching for repeated queries
Save $45/mo
Use batch processing for non-urgent workloads

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