AI Cost Calculator
AI Chatbot Cost Calculator Estimate Your AI Conversation Cost.
Calculate estimated AI usage before launching automated conversations. Use MonoChat AI APIs or bring your own AI provider key with no MonoChat markup.
Or start with $150 of credit, enough for a first month of Growth
Calculate the Cost of One Conversation
Enter your support agent’s monthly salary and compare the cost per conversation with AI.
Enter the monthly salary of your support agent
* Provided that one support agent can process up to 200 dialogues per day on average
Cost per Conversation
By support agent
per conversation
With AI
per conversation
* AI cost is estimated using an average conversation cost based on your shared token usage assumptions.
ROI calculator
Calculate the ROI of AI Customer Conversations
Enter your own numbers to compare a year of answering every conversation with people against answering them with MonoChat AI and your team together.
Every value below is an example assumption, not a benchmark or an industry average. Replace each one with your own numbers.
Your estimate
People only
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per month
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over 12 months
With MonoChat AI
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per month
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over 12 months
Net savings
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per month
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over 12 months
- Agent hours saved
- – hours · per month
- – hours · over 12 months
- Payback
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- Potential after-hours revenue
- After-hours conversations resolved by AI: – per month
- Add an order value and a conversion rate to estimate it.
- Shown separately. It is not included in net savings.
| With MonoChat AI | Monthly | 12 months |
|---|---|---|
| Your team, for conversations the AI hands over | – | – |
| AI usage | – | – |
| Plan | – | – |
| Extra team members | – | – |
| Extra channels | – | – |
| Message packs for messages above the plan | – | – |
| One-time setup cost | – | – |
| Total | – | – |
How we calculate
The calculator runs in your browser and uses only the numbers above and MonoChat’s published USD prices.
- People only, per month = conversations × handling minutes ÷ 60 × hourly cost.
- Your team with AI, per month = conversations × (100% − AI share) × handling minutes ÷ 60 × hourly cost.
- AI usage, per month = conversations × $0.002, the average AI cost per conversation used by the cost calculator above. The AI is assumed to take part in every conversation, including the ones it hands over.
- Plan: Basic is free for 1 team member, 1 channel and 1,000 outgoing messages a month. Otherwise Growth: $120 a month or $1,200 a year, with 2 team members, 1 channel and 100,000 outgoing messages included, plus $30 per extra team member and $30 per extra channel each month.
- Message packs: outgoing messages = conversations × messages per conversation. Messages above the plan are covered by the cheapest mix of packs (Mini 10,000 = $35, Mega 100,000 = $240, Ultra 1,000,000 = $1,200). Packs never expire, so the 12-month figure buys packs for the whole year at once.
- 12 months: people costs and AI usage × 12, Growth at its yearly price, plus the one-time setup cost.
- Hours saved = conversations × AI share × handling minutes ÷ 60.
- Net savings = people only − with MonoChat AI. Monthly net savings leave out the setup cost; the 12-month figure includes it.
- Payback = one-time setup cost ÷ monthly net savings.
- After-hours revenue = conversations × after-hours share × AI share × conversion rate × average order value.
Not included: channel provider fees such as WhatsApp conversation charges, the tools you use today, overtime or night-shift rates, and changes in customer satisfaction. Prices are list prices in USD and can change; the pricing pages are the reference.
How AI Usage Is Priced in MonoChat
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Bring Your Own AI Key
Connect your own OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic or other provider key.
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No AI Markup
MonoChat does not charge AI usage fees when you use your own keys.
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FAQ
AI Chatbot Cost: Frequently Asked Questions
How the estimate is calculated and how MonoChat bills AI usage.
How does the AI chatbot cost calculator work?
Enter the monthly salary of one support agent. The calculator assumes an agent handles up to 200 conversations a day over 22 working days, then compares the agent’s cost per conversation with an estimated AI cost of $0.002 per conversation.
How is AI usage billed in MonoChat?
You have two options: use MonoChat AI APIs, which are billed by token consumption according to MonoChat pricing, or connect your own AI provider key and pay that provider directly.
Does MonoChat add a markup when I use my own AI key?
No. When you connect your own OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic or other AI provider key, MonoChat does not charge any AI usage fee. You only pay your AI provider.
Can I bring my own AI key on the free plan?
Yes. Bring Your Own AI Key is included in every subscription plan, including the free Basic plan.
Is the result an exact price?
No. It is an estimate based on an average conversation cost. Your real cost depends on the AI model you choose and how many tokens each conversation uses.
How does the ROI calculator work?
You enter your monthly conversations, the share you expect the AI to resolve, your handling time and your agent cost. The calculator compares answering everything with people against MonoChat AI plus your team, using MonoChat’s published plan, message pack and AI prices. Open “How we calculate” under the calculator to see every formula.
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