AI Content Cost Estimator

Your true blended cost per finished piece, model spend plus editing.

A free ai and ops calculator from AMA Orlando, the American Marketing Association chapter serving Central Florida. It runs in the browser, needs no login, and captures nothing.

What you enter

• Pieces per month
• AI cost per piece
• Editing minutes per piece
• Blended hourly rate for editing

How it is calculated

• Monthly AI spend = pieces × AI cost per piece
• Monthly editing labor = pieces × (editing minutes / 60) × hourly rate
• Monthly total = monthly AI spend + monthly editing labor
• True cost per finished piece = monthly total / pieces

How to read the result

The model spend is rarely the real cost. Human review, fact checking, and brand voice editing dominate the total, which is why plans built on the API price alone come in badly over budget. Decide the review workflow and who staffs it first, then pick the model.

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