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AI Token Cost Calculator — How Much Are You Spending?

Calculate your AI token costs and learn how to cut your bill by 95%.

Understanding AI Token Pricing

Every time you send a prompt to Claude, GPT-4, or Gemini, you pay for tokens. A token is roughly 4 characters of text. A typical coding prompt uses 500-5,000 tokens. But with context (files, history, architecture explanations), it can easily reach 20,000+ tokens per prompt.

Current AI API Pricing (May 2026)

ModelInput (per 1M tokens)Output (per 1M tokens)
Claude 3.5 Sonnet$3.00$15.00
Claude 3.5 Haiku$0.80$4.00
GPT-4o$2.50$10.00
GPT-4o mini$0.15$0.60
Gemini 1.5 Pro$1.25$5.00
Gemini 1.5 Flash$0.075$0.30

Calculate Your Daily Cost

Here's a typical developer's daily AI usage:

MetricWithout MemoryWith Memory
Prompts per day5050
Avg input tokens/prompt4,200183
Daily input tokens210,0009,150
Daily cost (Claude Sonnet)$0.63$0.027
Monthly cost (22 working days)$13.86$0.60
Annual cost$166.32$7.16

Savings: $159.16 per developer per year— and that's just for input tokens. Output tokens add more.

Team Cost Analysis

Team SizeAnnual Cost (No Memory)Annual Cost (With Memory)Savings
1 developer$166$7$159
5 developers$832$36$796
10 developers$1,663$72$1,591
50 developers$8,316$358$7,958

How to Reduce Your AI Token Costs

1. Use a memory engine

The biggest savings come from eliminating redundant context. A memory engine like Eidos Memory reduces input tokens by 95-98%.

2. Choose the right model

Don't use Claude Sonnet for simple questions. Use Haiku or GPT-4o mini for quick tasks. Save Sonnet for complex reasoning.

3. Be specific in prompts

Vague prompts waste tokens. "Fix the bug" forces the AI to search. "Fix the null check in auth.ts:validateUser()" gets straight to the answer.

4. Use caching

Some providers offer prompt caching. If you send similar context repeatedly, cached tokens are cheaper.

The Bottom Line

AI coding tools are powerful but expensive. A memory engine is the single biggest cost optimization you can make — 95% reduction in token usage, same answer quality. The ROI is immediate and scales with your team.

Try Eidos Memory

Save 95% tokens on every AI prompt. Free and open source.

npm install -g eidos-memory
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