Cost per user

Calculate AI cost per active user

For product and finance teams translating model usage into a monthly per-user operating cost.

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Decision

What this route helps you decide

Estimate the retry-adjusted AI cost for one typical active user before setting packaging or usage limits.

Inputs

Tasks completed by a typical active user each month
Input and output tokens per execution
Cache hit, failure, and bounded retry rates
Synthetic or user-entered model rates in USD

Outputs

Cost per submitted and successful task
Typical active-user cost per month
Sustainable whole-task allowance
Modeled gross margin at the entered price

Worked example

Worked example

A support copilot completes 120 tasks per user each month with synthetic input and output rates, cache behavior, and bounded retries.

Cost / successful task: $0.0240
Typical user / month: $2.8801
Modeled margin: 72.4%

Assumptions

Usage represents a typical active user
Rates are synthetic until replaced
Non-model variable costs are entered separately

What this does not decide

Does not forecast adoption
Does not quote a provider bill
Does not replace contract review

Reproduce the method

All values use synthetic or user-entered rates and deterministic formula version 2.0.0. Review the calculation methodology and source policy.