How to build a useful AI API cost forecast
Start with representative real requests. Include system prompts, recent chat history, retrieved context, tool definitions, expected responses, model route shares, cache assumptions, retry behavior, and how many successful tasks customers expect each month.
Costs not included
Token pricing is only part of AI infrastructure cost. Production systems may also pay for embeddings, vector databases, reranking, web search, image or audio processing, observability, transfer, payment processing, support, and taxes.
AI Prompt Cost Optimizer
Reduce prompt length, compare token usage, and estimate how much your AI API cost can drop before you ship.