How much does an AI chatbot cost per month?

For 100 conversations/day: $1-18/month on budget models. For 1,000 conversations/day: $12-180/month. For 10,000 conversations/day: $126-1,800/month. The cheapest option is DeepSeek V4 Flash at $1.26/month for 100 conversations/day.

What is the cheapest AI model for a chatbot?

DeepSeek V4 Flash at $0.14/$0.28 per million tokens is the cheapest quality chatbot model. At 100 conversations/day with 1K input + 500 output tokens, it costs about $1.26/month. Gemini 2.0 Flash ($0.10/$0.40) is the second cheapest at $1.50/month.

Is an AI chatbot cheaper than a human support agent?

Yes, dramatically. A human support agent costs $3,000-5,000/month. An AI chatbot handling the same volume costs $1-15/month on budget models — that's 99.5-99.97% cheaper. Even premium AI models like Claude Haiku at $18/month are 99.4% cheaper than a human.

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