AI Budget Planner
Split an AI budget across chat, RAG and other workloads.
Results update automatically as you type.
Result
$1,000.00/month budget
Allocation across workloads
- Chat / assistants(50%)
- $500.00
- RAG / search(30%)
- $300.00
- Other (agents, media)(20%)
- $200.00
Plan how to allocate a monthly AI budget across your workloads. Set a total and the share for chat, RAG and everything else to see the dollar allocation.
How this is calculated
This calculator uses the business formulas described in our methodology. All figures are estimates for planning; verify current pricing with each provider before relying on them.
Worked example (defaults)
With the default inputs above, here is the result:
Result
$1,000.00/month budget
Allocation across workloads
- Chat / assistants(50%)
- $500.00
- RAG / search(30%)
- $300.00
- Other (agents, media)(20%)
- $200.00
Frequently asked questions
How should I split an AI budget?+
Start from your dominant workload. Most teams spend the majority on chat or RAG generation; keep headroom for spikes and experiments.