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AI Agent Token Cost Calculator - TinyOps Studio

AI agent token calculator

Estimate what noisy agent runs cost each month.

Put in your average tokens, run frequency, and provider price. The calculator estimates monthly spend, likely waste, and whether a cleanup pass is economically obvious.

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Quick estimate

Use your actual provider price per million tokens.

Input and output token costs separated

Waste percentage adjustable

Audit payback shown from your inputs

Calculator

Run the numbers.

Defaults model an active coding-agent loop. Replace them with the rates and token counts from your AI provider or usage dashboard.

Runs per day

Days per month

Input tokens per run

Output tokens per run

Input price per 1M tokens

Output price per 1M tokens

Likely reducible waste

35% from repeated logs, uncapped commands, stale scans, and avoidable context.

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$0<br>Estimated monthly cost

Enter your usage to calculate token volume.

$0<br>Likely avoidable waste

Adjust the waste slider to model cleanup upside.

Audit payback

The $199 audit pays back when avoidable waste is large enough.

What changes the number

The calculator is simple because the fixes are practical.

Reduce tokens by cutting repeated input first: summarize logs, cap command output, keep durable state, and make agents read the exact files needed for the next step.

Replace raw logs with small summaries and links to local evidence files.

Use command wrappers for unknown output before the agent runs the command.

Move stable instructions into repo/global files instead of repeating them in chat.

Record next actions and current state so resumed agents do not rediscover old facts.

Measure before and after with the same task and the same provider pricing.

When the number is big

Buy the audit and clean up the workflow.

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TinyOps Studio fixes the small operating loops that make AI-agent work expensive. Contact: support@tinyopsstudio.com.

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