Eval cost methodology

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Pricing source date: 2026-05-28 · Build verification: 2026-05-28 · Stale threshold: 30 days. Estimates use published per-token API pricing for the model/provider path shown by the calculator, reviewed on the source date shown. Provider rates change frequently; verify current pricing on the provider's own page before committing to traffic volume, eval cadence, or agent-loop workload shape.

Budgets repeated model-evaluation runs across samples, candidate models, trials, and optional judge passes.

Formula

total_cost = primary_eval_calls * primary_model_cost + judge_eval_calls * judge_model_cost

Primary source register

Eval costs move with model pricing and trial count. Treat recurring CI/eval usage as a monthly cost, not a one-time experiment.

Included assumptions

Excluded assumptions

Architecture-cost audit

Eval-suite budgetSamples, candidate models, repeated trials, and optional LLM-as-judge pass costs.

Diagnostic output

This tool returns Cost classification, Dominant cost driver, Decision threshold, and Sensitivity. Diagnostic focus: Eval-suite run cost and monthly recurring-eval budget threshold..

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