Plan an AI API budget with your own usage assumptions

Use this thread to review the assumptions behind an API workflow estimate. Please use the provider's current official pricing for your selected model and record when you checked it.

A useful planning post includes:

• The task and expected number of requests.
• Estimated input and output tokens per request.
• The unit prices and any pricing categories that apply.
• Expected retries, evaluation runs, and other separately billed services.
• A low, expected, and high usage scenario.

You can organize the token portion with the AI API Cost Calculator. Treat the result as a planning estimate and state which items you included or excluded.

Share an anonymized example of your assumptions. Replies should focus on missing inputs or useful measurements, and include a source for any provider-specific pricing claim.