{"id":2561,"date":"2026-02-20T19:49:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science-x.net\/?page_id=2561"},"modified":"2026-02-20T20:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:02:54","slug":"ai-token-cost-calculator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science-x.net\/?page_id=2561","title":{"rendered":"AI Token &amp; Cost Calculator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"eco-tool wp-block-group\" id=\"eco-tool-ai-tokens-a11c2\">\n  <div class=\"eco-tool__header\">\n    <h2 class=\"eco-tool__title\">AI Token &#038; Cost Calculator<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"eco-tool__lead\">\n      Estimate token usage and approximate cost for AI prompts and outputs. This is an educational estimate (tokenization varies by model).\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <form class=\"eco-tool__form\" id=\"eco-ai-form-a11c2\" novalidate>\n    <div class=\"eco-tool__grid3\">\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"eco-ai-words-a11c2\">Words (input text)<\/label>\n        <input class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"eco-ai-words-a11c2\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"1\" value=\"300\" inputmode=\"numeric\" \/>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">If unsure, use your best guess.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"eco-ai-out-words-a11c2\">Words (expected output)<\/label>\n        <input class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"eco-ai-out-words-a11c2\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"1\" value=\"400\" inputmode=\"numeric\" \/>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">Approximate length you want back.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"eco-ai-ratio-a11c2\">Token ratio<\/label>\n        <select class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"eco-ai-ratio-a11c2\">\n          <option value=\"0.75\">English: ~0.75 tokens\/word<\/option>\n          <option value=\"1.00\">Mixed: ~1.0 tokens\/word<\/option>\n          <option value=\"1.30\">Dense\/technical: ~1.3 tokens\/word<\/option>\n        <\/select>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">Tokenization varies by model.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"eco-ai-inprice-a11c2\">Input price ($ per 1M tokens)<\/label>\n        <input class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"eco-ai-inprice-a11c2\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"0.01\" value=\"5.00\" inputmode=\"decimal\" \/>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">Set to your model pricing.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"eco-ai-outprice-a11c2\">Output price ($ per 1M tokens)<\/label>\n        <input class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"eco-ai-outprice-a11c2\" type=\"number\" min=\"0\" step=\"0.01\" value=\"15.00\" inputmode=\"decimal\" \/>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">Often higher than input.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__field\">\n        <label class=\"eco-tool__label\" for=\"eco-ai-requests-a11c2\">Requests per month<\/label>\n        <input class=\"eco-tool__input\" id=\"eco-ai-requests-a11c2\" type=\"number\" min=\"1\" step=\"1\" value=\"200\" inputmode=\"numeric\" \/>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__hint\">Used for monthly estimate.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"eco-tool__actions\">\n      <button type=\"button\" class=\"wp-element-button eco-tool__btn\" id=\"eco-ai-calc-a11c2\">Calculate<\/button>\n      <button type=\"button\" class=\"wp-element-button eco-tool__btn eco-tool__btn--ghost\" id=\"eco-ai-reset-a11c2\">Reset<\/button>\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__error\" id=\"eco-ai-error-a11c2\" aria-live=\"polite\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/form>\n\n  <div class=\"eco-tool__result\" id=\"eco-ai-result-a11c2\" hidden>\n    <h3 class=\"eco-tool__subtitle\">Result<\/h3>\n\n    <div class=\"eco-tool__cards\">\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__card\">\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__metric-label\">Estimated tokens<\/div>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__metric-value\" id=\"eco-ai-tokens-a11c2\">\u2014<\/div>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__metric-sub\" id=\"eco-ai-tokens-sub-a11c2\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"eco-tool__card\">\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__metric-label\">Estimated cost<\/div>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__metric-value\" id=\"eco-ai-cost-a11c2\">\u2014<\/div>\n        <div class=\"eco-tool__metric-sub\" id=\"eco-ai-cost-sub-a11c2\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p class=\"eco-tool__note\">\n      This calculator uses a simple tokens-per-word ratio. 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Cost Calculator Estimate token usage and approximate cost for AI prompts and outputs. This is an educational estimate (tokenization varies by model). Words (input text) If unsure,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2573,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science-x.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science-x.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science-x.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science-x.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science-x.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/science-x.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2562,"href":"https:\/\/science-x.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2561\/revisions\/2562"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science-x.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science-x.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}