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AI API Cost Planner

Plan and optimize AI API costs before you build.

Estimate monthly AI costs, compare LLM models, calculate cost per user, and avoid surprise API bills using provider pricing data.

Official sources

7 providers, 50 models

Verified records keep provider source links with model pricing.

Last verified

Sep 9, 2026

Uses the latest successful official-source verification date.

Estimate limits

Conditions matter

Pricing may vary by tier, caching, batch usage, modality, or token threshold.

Monthly planner

Estimate SaaS AI cost and margin

Start with active users, requests per user, token usage, cache assumptions, and optional revenue per user.

SaaS monthly AI cost planner

Estimate AI cost per user, monthly API spend, yearly spend, and margin impact from your SaaS usage assumptions.
Quick estimate inputs

Model and pricing context

Choose the provider and model that define this estimate.

OpenAIgpt-5.6-solStable
Official source

Verified Jul 14, 2026. Estimates vary by usage and provider pricing conditions.

Usage assumptions

Model the average customer and request volume for one month.

Monthly active users expected to use the AI feature.
Average AI requests each active user makes per day.
Prompt, history, and context tokens per request.
Generated response tokens per request.

Estimates depend on the selected model, usage, and provider pricing conditions. Actual costs may vary by tier, modality, caching, batch usage, token threshold, retries, and usage patterns.

Planner results

Your calculated monthly cost appears here after you run an estimate.

Enter your usage details, then select Calculate estimate to see your projected cost.

Estimated cost = input usage cost + output usage cost + supported optional charges.

Next paths

Choose the fastest way forward

Estimate your costs, browse providers, or compare pricing side by side.

Popular use cases

Start from the workflow you are building

Use a focused calculator when you already know the product scenario.

Featured comparisons

Compare common model and provider choices

Open a concise comparison, then run the same usage assumptions through the calculator.

How CostRivo works

Turn model pricing into product decisions

CostRivo connects official pricing references with usage assumptions so teams can compare scenarios before launch.

Choose a pricing source

Start from a calculator, provider page, or comparison table backed by the shared pricing dataset.

Model real usage

Estimate users, request volume, input tokens, output tokens, cache usage, and optional revenue.

Compare outcomes

Review monthly spend, cost per user, cost per request, and lower-cost alternatives before launch.

Recheck pricing

Use official-source links and pricing update notes before committing high-volume usage.

Pricing updates

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