About this Batch API Savings Calculator
Batch processing can reduce cost for non-urgent AI work, but only eligible requests and token volume should be discounted.
Who this calculator is for
- AI engineers optimizing API spend.
- FinOps teams modeling batch discounts.
- Teams processing offline classification, extraction, or summarization jobs.
When to use it
- Estimate monthly savings from batch processing.
- Model partial eligibility for async jobs.
- Compare normal and discounted token cost.
How to use this calculator
- Enter monthly requests and tokens per request.
- Enter normal input and output token rates.
- Set batch-eligible percent and discount percent.
- Review normal cost, blended batch cost, and savings.
Key assumptions
- Prices and discounts are user-entered.
- No retry, storage, queue, or engineering cost is included unless folded into rates.
- No request data is uploaded.
Accuracy and testing
Review formula sources, default test cases, assumptions, unit handling, rounding rules, and changelog for this calculator.
How this calculator works
Normal cost is calculated from total tokens at standard rates. Eligible cost is discounted by the batch discount; ineligible cost remains normal. Savings is normal cost minus blended cost.
Normal cost = monthly requests * token cost per request. Batch cost = eligible cost * (1 - discount percent / 100) + ineligible cost. Savings = normal cost - batch cost.
Inputs explained
Eligible percent
Share of requests that can tolerate batch latency or async processing.
Batch discount
User-entered discount for eligible token cost.
Token rates
Your current input and output token prices per one million tokens.
Understanding your results
Monthly savings depends on both discount size and eligible volume. If only a small share is batchable, blended savings may be modest.
Example scenarios
Nightly extraction
One million monthly requests with 80% batch eligibility can materially reduce token spend if latency is acceptable.
Key Features
- Instant Calculation
- Private & Secure
- Mobile Optimized
Tips & Best Practices
- Batch only non-urgent jobs.
- Account for latency, monitoring, and retry workflows.
- Separate batchable extraction from interactive chat traffic.