API Pricing Calculator
Choose a profitable API pricing model with usage-based vs subscription comparison
Pricing Inputs
Your cost to process one API call (range: $0.001–$1.00)
Fixed monthly costs: servers, hosting, monitoring (range: $0–$100,000)
Average number of calls one user makes per month (range: 100–1,000,000)
Your desired profit margin on top of total cost (range: 10–90%)
Number of free calls each user gets monthly (range: 0–100,000)
Expected number of paying users (range: 10–100,000)
About API Pricing Calculator
The API Pricing Calculator helps you choose a profitable pricing model for your API product. By factoring in your cost per API call, infrastructure expenses, expected user volume, and target profit margin, you get a clear recommended price and a side-by-side comparison of usage-based vs subscription billing.
For a broader SaaS pricing strategy, check out the SaaS Pricing Calculator which helps you set prices based on costs, customers, and competitors.
To understand how profitable your customers are over time, use the Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) Calculator and pair it with the MRR Growth Simulator to forecast your recurring revenue trajectory.
Cost per User Formula:
Cost per User = (Expected Calls per User × Cost per Call) + (Monthly Infrastructure ÷ Expected Users)Suggested Price Formula:
Suggested Price = Cost per User × (1 + Profit Margin / 100)Key Features:
- Compare usage-based and subscription pricing side by side
- Calculate recommended per-call or monthly price per user
- See profit at 100, 1,000, and 10,000 users
- Estimate break-even users for your pricing model
- Understand free-tier cost impact on your bottom line
- Log history for comparing multiple pricing scenarios
- 100% browser-based — your data stays private
All calculations are performed in your browser. No data is sent to any server, ensuring your pricing strategy remains completely private.