AI Cost Per Task

What AI really costs your business, per task

Published list prices for ordinary tasks, with the source and the date each price was read.

Customer emailA$0.16US$0.11per 1,000 emailsper 1,000 emails

1 hour of audioA$0.39US$0.27eacheach

Product imageA$0.048US$0.034eacheach

8-second clipA$0.57US$0.40eacheach

Owner-operators of small Australian businesses with roughly A$10 million in revenue.

10 tasks · 9 models · prices read 20 Oct 2026. Cheapest first on each task page. A sponsored label does not change a number or that order.

Office

A customer email, a meeting transcript, an hour of audio, and pasted spreadsheet rows.

Office

Draft a customer email

A$0.16US$0.11

per 1,000 emailsper 1,000 emails

to A$3.15 per 1,000 emails typicalto US$2.20 per 1,000 emails typical

Less than a cent per emailLess than a cent per email

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Office

Summarise a meeting transcript

A$2.15US$1.50

per 1,000 meeting summariesper 1,000 meeting summaries

to A$43.01 per 1,000 meeting summaries typicalto US$30.00 per 1,000 meeting summaries typical

Less than a cent per meeting summaryLess than a cent per meeting summary

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Office

Clean up spreadsheet data

A$1.72US$1.20

per 1,000 cleanupsper 1,000 cleanups

to A$34.41 per 1,000 cleanups typicalto US$24.00 per 1,000 cleanups typical

Less than a cent per cleanupLess than a cent per cleanup

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Customers

A written reply to one support ticket.

Customers

Answer a support ticket

A$0.19US$0.13

per 1,000 repliesper 1,000 replies

to A$3.73 per 1,000 replies typicalto US$2.60 per 1,000 replies typical

Less than a cent per replyLess than a cent per reply

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Publishing

A blog post, one product image, and an 8-second video clip.

Publishing

Write a blog post

A$0.75US$0.52

per 1,000 blog postsper 1,000 blog posts

to A$14.91 per 1,000 blog posts typicalto US$10.40 per 1,000 blog posts typical

Less than a cent per blog postLess than a cent per blog post

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Documents

Notes on a contract-length document. The row prices a model call, not a legal review.

Documents

Review a contract-length document

A$1.29US$0.90

per 1,000 document passesper 1,000 document passes

to A$25.81 per 1,000 document passes typicalto US$18.00 per 1,000 document passes typical

Less than a cent per document passLess than a cent per document pass

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Product

One request to code a small feature, with no agent loop.

Product

Code a small feature

A$1.00US$0.70

per 1,000 small featuresper 1,000 small features

to A$20.07 per 1,000 small features typicalto US$14.00 per 1,000 small features typical

Less than a cent per small featureLess than a cent per small feature

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