Model post-deployment recurring and fully loaded cost per agent run and per entered accepted outcome. Acceptance and outcome value are entered assumptions; the tool does not measure accuracy, safety, risk, customer impact, or realized value.
Reviewed 2026-08-24
This AI-agent unit-economics planning planning result is derived only from visible user-entered quantities, amounts, hours, rates, percentages, caps, and direct allowances defined by the calculator. It supplies no hidden current national price, legal outcome, medical conclusion, tax threshold, code decision, or provider promise.
This page answers what the entered inputs produce under the calculator's documented assumptions. It does not answer what a local provider will charge, approve, diagnose, finance, or guarantee.
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The calculator model for AI-agent unit-economics planning follows this entered-scenario formula: apply the entered accepted-outcome share to entered monthly runs, add entered recurring model, platform, infrastructure, oversight, incident, and other costs, optionally allocate entered implementation cost over entered months, then calculate costs and entered value per run and accepted outcome.
Example entered AI-agent unit-economics planning scenario
The model calculates 8,000 accepted outcomes, $1,000 monthly implementation allocation, $4,100 fully loaded monthly cost, $0.41 per run, and $0.5125 per accepted outcome.
The modeled planning contribution is $3,900 for the entered acceptance and value assumptions; it is not a measured outcome.
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Enter runs using one consistent production definition and month.
Enter a measured result or explicit planning assumption; this is not a predicted accuracy or success rate.
Enter model/API usage cost for the same run scope and month.
Enter recurring platform and tooling cost without duplicating model usage.
Enter production infrastructure cost not captured elsewhere.
Include review, escalation, evaluation, incident, and governance work in scope.
Enter the fully loaded hourly cost matching the oversight work.
Enter documented incident or rework cost not already included in oversight.
Enter other recurring cost once, without duplication.
Enter the implementation amount to allocate in this scenario.
Enter 1–1200 to allocate implementation cost monthly. At 0, the allocation output is 0 and cost is not silently divided.
Enter a measured or explicitly modeled value; the calculator does not infer realized value.
Name the source used for runs, acceptance, cost, and outcome-value assumptions.
Enter the effective or inspection date for the named source.
Optional URL for an external source; internal source names are allowed.
All figures shown are estimates based on average costs and may vary significantly based on your specific situation, contractor, materials, and local conditions.
Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Individual results may vary significantly.
