{"head":{"title":"AI Chatbot Cost Calculator | OceanLab","description":"Estimate an AI chatbot's monthly model cost from conversations, turns and tokens, plus an optional build estimate at OceanLab's rates. All editable.","canonical":"https://oceanlab.in/tools/ai-chatbot-cost"},"tool":{"slug":"ai-chatbot-cost","path":"/tools/ai-chatbot-cost","name":"AI chatbot cost","h1":"AI chatbot cost calculator","lede":"Work out what an AI chatbot costs to run each month on each model, and roughly what it costs to build.","category":"ai","categoryTitle":"AI cost and planning","method":["Each user turn re-sends the system prompt and the conversation so far, so later turns carry more input than early ones. The system prompt is the part a prompt cache can serve.","Tokens per conversation are priced on every model at its published rates, then multiplied by conversations per month.","The optional build estimate uses the software development cost engine with login, the AI feature, an admin panel and one integration, at OceanLab's default rates."],"sources":[{"label":"Anthropic API pricing","url":"https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing","checkedAt":"2026-10-23"},{"label":"OpenAI API pricing","url":"https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing","checkedAt":"2026-10-23"},{"label":"Google API pricing","url":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing","checkedAt":"2026-10-23"},{"label":"DeepSeek API pricing","url":"https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing","checkedAt":"2026-10-23"},{"label":"MiniMax API pricing","url":"https://platform.minimax.io/docs/pricing/overview","checkedAt":"2026-10-23"}],"faq":[{"question":"Why do long conversations cost more?","answer":"Each reply re-sends the conversation so far, so later turns carry more input tokens than early ones."},{"question":"What does the build estimate include?","answer":"Login, the AI feature, an admin panel and one integration, using the same editable hour ranges and rates as the software development cost calculator."},{"question":"Which model should I use?","answer":"The table ranks models by cost for your traffic. Test the cheaper ones on real conversations before deciding; the model picker can help you shortlist."},{"question":"Is anything I enter sent anywhere?","answer":"No. The tool runs in your browser and there is no sign-up. Nothing leaves the page unless you choose to email your result to OceanLab."}],"updatedAt":"2026-10-25"},"related":[{"href":"/tools/llm-model-picker","label":"LLM model picker","detail":"Describe the job and get a shortlist of models, with the reasons behind each score and the trade-off to the runner-up."},{"href":"/tools/software-development-cost","label":"Software development cost","detail":"Pick the features and platform, check the rates, and get a cost and timeline range you can take to any vendor."},{"href":"/tools/ai-agent-cost","label":"AI agent cost","detail":"Estimate what an AI agent costs per task and per month, including the context it re-sends on every step."}],"studies":[{"meta":{"slug":"pahana","industry":"support","projectType":"AI support agent","country":"lk","tags":["ai","enterprise"],"compliances":["PDPA (Sri Lanka)","Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act"],"cover":{"src":"/case-studies/pahana/01-home.png","width":1440,"height":1000}},"text":{"en":{"title":"Pahana - Trilingual AI Support Agent with Safe Human Handoff","description":"Designed and built the staff console for a trilingual AI support agent at a Colombo telecom operator: a dashboard of containment and satisfaction, every conversation with its tool calls and guardrail events, a live monitor where team leads take over a chat, and a handoff queue that makes sure no customer passed to a person is lost.","category":"Customer Support / AI Support Agent","client":"Randiya Telecom"}}},{"meta":{"slug":"nakhuda","industry":"ecom","projectType":"AI shopping assistant","country":"kw","tags":["ai","enterprise"],"compliances":["CITRA Data Privacy Protection Regulation","Consumer Protection Law No. 39 of 2014","GSO energy labelling"],"cover":{"src":"/case-studies/nakhuda/01-home.png","width":1440,"height":1000}},"text":{"en":{"title":"Nakhuda - Bilingual AI Shopping Assistant Grounded in the Product Catalogue","description":"Designed and built a clickable console for an Arabic and English AI shopping assistant at a Kuwait City electronics retailer: every product claim cited to a catalogue field, compatibility decided by fixed rules, nothing added to a cart without the shopper's tap, and a review queue for every suspected invented fact.","category":"E-commerce & D2C / AI Shopping Assistant","client":"Lulwa Point Electronics"}}},{"meta":{"slug":"brjula","industry":"legal","projectType":"AI policy assistant","country":"ec","tags":["ai","enterprise"],"compliances":["LOPDP (Ecuador)","SPDP AI resolution 2026","COIP anti-bribery","FCPA","UK Bribery Act 2010","Ecuador Labour Code","ASC and BAP"],"cover":{"src":"/case-studies/brjula/01-home.png","width":1440,"height":1000}},"text":{"en":{"title":"Brújula - AI Policy Assistant That Cites the Clause and Escalates the Risky Questions","description":"Designed and built a clickable internal policy assistant for a Guayaquil shrimp farmer, processor and exporter: staff ask in Spanish or English and get answers built only from company policies, each statement linked to its clause and version, while gift approvals, conflicts and possible breaches go to Compliance, HR or the confidential Speak Up channel instead of being answered.","category":"LegalTech / AI Policy Assistant","client":"Camarones Punta Mangle S.A."}}},{"meta":{"slug":"riffle","industry":"ai","projectType":"Support ticket triage","country":"tw","tags":["ai","enterprise"],"compliances":["Taiwan PDPA","GDPR","EU GPSR","Taiwan Consumer Protection Act","Directive (EU) 2019/771","BSMI inspection"],"cover":{"src":"/case-studies/riffle/01-home.png","width":1440,"height":1000}},"text":{"en":{"title":"Riffle - AI Ticket Triage Layer That Catches Product Safety Reports","description":"Designed and built a clickable AI triage layer for a Taipei consumer electronics brand: it classifies every new Zendesk and Freshdesk ticket, masks personal data, routes it to the right queue, sends low-confidence tickets to a review queue and pushes possible battery, heat and fire reports to an on-call product safety team.","category":"AI Agents & Automation / Support Ticket Triage","client":"Hsinlan Devices"}}}],"more":[{"href":"/case-studies/industry/ai","label":"AI agents & automation case studies","detail":"Every OceanLab product build in AI agents & automation."},{"href":"/case-studies/industry/support","label":"Customer support case studies","detail":"Every OceanLab product build in Customer support."},{"href":"/case-studies","label":"All case studies","detail":"Every OceanLab product build."},{"href":"/ai-automation","label":"AI automation","detail":"AI built into real business workflows, with people in charge."}],"today":"2026-10-25"}