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AI Cost Calculator: How Much Can You Save with Intelligent Routing?

By Jocely P. Honore · 4 min read

AI Cost Calculator: How Much Can You Save?

If you are spending more than $500/month on AI APIs, you are likely overpaying. Our AI cost calculator shows exactly how much you could save with intelligent routing.

The Math Behind 90% Cost Reduction

Most companies default to GPT-4o for every request. At $2.50/$10.00 per million tokens, that adds up fast. But most requests do not need GPT-4o.

Typical Savings Breakdown

  • Simple chat (60% of requests): Route to local Llama 3.1 8B → $0
  • Code generation (20%): Route to DeepSeek Coder → 9x cheaper than GPT-4o
  • Complex reasoning (15%): Route to DeepSeek V3.1 → 9x cheaper
  • Vision tasks (5%): Route to GPT-4o → full price, but rare

Result: ~90% cost reduction vs. defaulting to GPT-4o.

Try the Calculator

Our free AI cost calculator gives you instant estimates with confidence levels. Enter your monthly API spend and see your potential savings.