Economics

What does it really cost?

Set it to your situation. Every figure is traceable to an assumption you can see and change, nothing hidden. We show the cases where staying on metered cloud is smarter, too.

Your situation

40
Department appliance €16,000 (sized to 40 people)
6
5

Human-driven: volume follows people, hours and intensity.

Assumptions

Sensible medians. Change any of them; the chart updates live.

Pay per token used. Switch to a per-seat subscription with an included allowance.

€6.0 / M tokens

€6 ≈ mid-tier frontier model, output-weighted. Premium (Opus-class) near €12+.

€0.25 / kWh
36 months
Pays back in month 19
Over 36 months you keep €15,412 versus metered cloud. After payback the appliance runs at near-zero marginal cost, however much you automate.
Metered cloud (compounds with use)Appliance (capex, then flat)
€0€8k€16k€24k€33kPAYBACKMonths →
€32,659
Metered cloud, total
€17,247
Appliance, total
€15,412
You keep

Model: human-driven cloud cost scales with people x hours x intensity x price; 24h Agentic scales with continuous agents around the clock. Appliance cost is the capex for the user count once, plus electricity from the unit's load power. Excludes optional support and your own facilities on both sides. Indicative, not a quote.

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