AI Client Intake Chatbot Cost Calculator
An intake chatbot qualifies prospective clients, captures matter details and books consultations 24/7. Its cost scales with conversation volume and how much history it re-sends on each turn.
A website intake bot handling 150 prospective-client conversations a day.
Computed at today's verified prices (28 July 2026). Adjust the inputs below for your own numbers.
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- Per message
- $0.000451
- Per session
- $0.00361
- Input cost / session
- $0.00241
- Output cost / session
- $0.00120
- Per day
- $0.5411
- Per month(150 users/day)
- $16.23
Why this number isn't obvious
Intake bots carry a long system prompt (your qualifying questions and disclaimers) on every message, so the fixed system-prompt cost per turn can dominate for short chats. Trimming history and caching the system prompt is where the savings are.
For cost estimation only — not legal advice. Confirm client-confidentiality and privilege obligations before sending matter data to any third-party model.
Frequently asked questions
Should an intake bot give legal advice?+
No. Keep it to qualifying, scheduling and collecting facts, with a clear disclaimer. That both limits liability and keeps the model on cheaper, well-scoped tasks.
Why does the system prompt affect cost?+
The system prompt (your intake script and rules) is re-sent on every turn as input tokens. For short conversations it can be the largest single cost, so keep it tight and cache it if your provider supports it.
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Estimates for planning, not a quote. Pricing data last reviewed 28 July 2026.