Claude Code cost calculator using your own current rates

Inputs the calculator needs

Use provider-reported uncached input tokens, output tokens and the number of similar sessions. If cached input has a different rate, calculate it separately or include only the uncached portion here. Rates should be entered per one million tokens.

How to improve the estimate

Average several normal sessions, including failed attempts and retries. Calculate cost per completed task. Update model rates whenever your provider changes pricing or when you switch models. Keep a low, expected and high scenario for planning.

Testing a lower-input scenario

After calculating the baseline, reduce only obvious repetition or irrelevant context and enter the measured provider-bound input. The difference is an estimate until the provider confirms actual usage and the task outcome remains acceptable.

Measurement checklist

1. Choose a representative completed task, not an artificial one-line prompt.
2. Record the selected model, provider input, cached input, output, retries and final result.
3. Change one optimization mechanism at a time so the cause remains visible.
4. Verify required identifiers, tool calls, code changes or business fields.
5. Keep passthrough available when the reduced request does not pass.

Varion commercial evaluation

Varion keeps proprietary product implementation details private. Evaluate Token Optimisation on representative traffic and judge it by the measured commercial result. New verified users receive 100,000 processed input tokens and 50 local test runs.