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AI Service Pricing Calculator

A cost-based starting price from your hours, overhead, and the fee a processor takes. It covers time and costs. It does not say what a client will pay. The math stays in this browser.

Service type

Optional. A label for this estimate, such as “service page.” It does not change the math.

Hours per job

Include drafting, editing, the call, revisions, and messages.

Desired hourly rate

A rate you would accept for that hour. Shown in dollars. Use your own currency as the unit if you prefer. This is not a recommended rate.

AI and tool costs

What the tools cost you for this job, or a monthly bill split across the jobs you can finish.

Cost for this jobMonthly cost, split across jobs

Tool cost for this job

Monthly overhead

Tools, subscriptions, and software for the month. Leave blank for zero. Do not count a cost you already put in the tool field above.

Clients or projects per month

How many projects that overhead has to cover. Needed when overhead is more than zero.

Payment processing fee %

Stripe and PayPal typically charge around 3% plus a small fixed fee. Check your own processor. This default is not their current price.

Fixed fee per transaction

Default $0.30. Set it to what your processor actually charges, or to zero.

Buffer percent

Optional. 15 means 15% on top of time plus tools, for the task you forgot. Blank means zero.

Estimate

Enter hours and a rate to see a price. Nothing is saved, and nothing is sent.

Compare with what similar freelancers charge before you set a final price.

Low is time, tools, and overhead for one project, with fees grossed up and no buffer. Mid, the cost-based starting price, adds your buffer once and then the fees. High adds that buffer a second time. If the buffer is zero, the three nets match before fees. This is an estimate, not financial advice, and not a promise that anyone will pay it.

The same steps are written out in How to Get Your First Client for an AI-Assisted Service. A calculator does not find the client, and a price is not a sale.

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