Free AI Crawler Cost Calculator

Collect inputs before optimizing

Start with CDN or server logs for request count and transferred bytes. Measure origin duration or CPU from application telemetry, and separate cache hits from origin hits. Then use the current rates from your own provider, account, and region rather than copying a generic cloud price from an article.

The calculator deliberately leaves logging cost at zero until you provide it. Some teams retain detailed request events; others aggregate aggressively. That policy can materially change observability cost even when serving cost stays flat.

• Use a full month when traffic is seasonal.
• Separate cached and uncached workload where possible.
• Use billed response bytes, not source HTML size alone.
• Include only recognized crawler traffic in the request count.

Use scenarios to set guardrails

The volume table answers a practical question: what happens if crawler activity grows without changing the workload profile? If the projected cost becomes material, improve cacheability, reduce unnecessary payload weight, and inspect expensive application paths before blocking useful crawlers by default.

A linear scenario is a planning model, not an invoice forecast. Fixed instances, database queries, free tiers, burst behavior, minimum billing units, discounts, and taxes still need to be reconciled with the real bill.