Content Generation Cost Calculator
Estimate the AI cost per article and per month.
With the default inputs, $0.0172 per article — 1,200 words ≈ 1,596 tokens · $8.61/month. Enter your own numbers below to recompute instantly; the full step-by-step math is shown under the worked example.
Results update automatically as you type.
- Output tokens / article
- 1,596 tokens
- Cost / article
- $0.0172
- Articles / month
- 500
- Cost / month
- $8.61
Generating blog posts or product copy with AI? Enter the article length and volume to see the cost per article and monthly total.
How this is calculated
Cost per article = prompt tokens × input price + output tokens × output price, where output tokens ≈ words × 1.33. Monthly = per-article × articles per month. Regeneration and editing passes add tokens on top.
Is this a good result? What to do next
Per-article cost is usually cents to a few tens of cents — cheap next to human writing. The real budget risk is iteration: heavy regeneration and editing multiply the output cost, so add a buffer if you refine a lot.
Typical planning ranges
- 1,200-word article
- ~1,600 output tokens
- Per article
- typically cents to tens of cents
- Iteration
- multiplies output cost
Ranges are typical planning figures to sanity-check your result, not authoritative benchmarks. Your numbers will vary with use case, volume, and vendor.
How to improve this number
- Use a cheaper model for drafts, a stronger one for finals.
- Tighten prompts to reduce regeneration.
- Batch generation for the discount.
Common mistakes
- Ignoring editing and regeneration passes.
- Costing output words as input tokens.
When to use a different approach
For output length generally, use the output token cost calculator. For translation, use the AI translation cost calculator.
Worked example (defaults)
With the default inputs above, here is the result:
- Output tokens / article
- 1,596 tokens
- Cost / article
- $0.0172
- Articles / month
- 500
- Cost / month
- $8.61
Sources & references
Frequently asked questions
How many tokens is an article?+
Roughly words × 1.33. A 1,200-word article is about 1,600 output tokens.
Does editing add cost?+
Regeneration and editing passes add tokens. Add a buffer if you iterate heavily.
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