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AI Cost Control

Model Routing Savings Calculator

Estimate how much cheaper a tiered LLM workflow can be.

Compare an all-premium model baseline against a routing mix that sends easy work to cheaper models and reserves premium reasoning for hard tasks.

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Routing Inputs

Set your workload mix

Model the same workflow twice: once as all-premium traffic and once as a three-tier routing mix.

Premium model for hard tasksMid-tier modelLow-cost model for simple tasks

Average input tokensAverage output tokens

Daily requests

Premium share20%

Mid-tier share30%

Low-cost share50%

Routing share total: 100%. This mix is valid.

Savings Snapshot

All-premium vs routed workflow

Baseline assumes every request uses Claude Sonnet. Routed cost applies your premium, mid-tier, and low-cost traffic mix.

Baseline monthly cost

$616

Routed monthly cost

$158

Monthly savings

$458

Yearly savings

$5,571

Savings rate: 74.4%. This is the gap between sending every request to the premium model and routing by task difficulty.

Premium lane · Claude Sonnet

20%

Estimated monthly spend: $123

Mid-tier lane · GPT-5 Mini

30%

Estimated monthly spend: $21.06

Low-cost lane · GPT-4o Mini

50%

Estimated monthly spend: $13.50

Decision Guide

When routing usually makes sense

Model routing plan

Route extraction, tagging, formatting, and simple support replies to lower-cost models first.

Keep premium models for ambiguous planning, high-stakes reasoning, and final review steps.

Use validation and fallback logic so low-cost routing does not silently reduce quality.

Quantify whether routing rules are worth implementing before building fallback logic.

Show founders and engineers the budget gap between all-premium traffic and a realistic model mix.

Keep planning private with no database, login, API key, or backend.

FAQ

What is a model routing savings calculator?

A model routing savings calculator compares the cost of sending every request to a premium model versus splitting work across premium, mid-tier, and low-cost models.

Why does routing reduce AI cost?

Simple tasks like classification, extraction, and formatting usually do not need the most expensive model. Routing those requests to cheaper models can reduce monthly spend significantly.

What inputs should I estimate?

Start with your average input tokens, output tokens, daily requests, and the percentage of traffic that truly needs premium reasoning versus lighter models.

Does this tool call any AI API?

No. It is a browser-only planning calculator. It does not require an API key, login, or backend.

Can routing hurt output quality?

It can if you route complex tasks to weak models. Use routing with validation, fallback rules, and evaluation so cost savings do not create hidden quality regressions.

Who should use this calculator?

Founders, AI product teams, agent builders, and engineers planning LLM workflows can use it to decide whether routing rules are worth implementing.