Pricing / Margin Reality Check

AI Margin Calculator

Calculate your actual gross margin per customer and Inference Efficiency Ratio (IER). Run three scenarios to find the optimization ceiling.

Inputs

Monthly plan price per customer $
Monthly inference cost per customer (median) $
Monthly hosting/infra per customer $
Monthly support cost per customer $
Total monthly inference spend (all customers) $
Total monthly revenue (all customers) $

Results

Gross profit per customer $-- /mo
Gross margin % --%
Inference Efficiency Ratio (IER) --%
Status Enter numbers above

Interpretation

IERGross MarginStatusAction
<15%>60%HealthyMaintain, scale with confidence
15-23%50-60%AcceptableMonitor, implement caching if not done
23-30%40-50%CautionImplement prompt caching + model routing immediately
>30%<40%CriticalPricing or cost structure requires intervention

Scenario B: Heavy User (90th Percentile)

Same plan price, but use the top-10% customer's inference cost.

90th-percentile inference cost $
Adjusted support cost (2-3x) $
Heavy-user gross profit $-- /mo
Heavy-user margin % --%

Scenario C: With Prompt Caching + Routing

Scenario A inference x 0.15 (90% input reduction from caching x best-case routing).

Optimized inference cost $-- /mo
Optimized gross profit $-- /mo
Optimized margin % --%
Margin improvement potential -- pts