What Does Self-Hosting AI Agents Actually Cost?
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Your Setup
👥
Team size
agents
💰
Engineer hourly rate
$/hr
🔧
Maintenance hours
hrs/wk
🖥️
GPU / cloud compute
$/mo
🤖
API / model spend
$/mo
💾
Storage / DB / vector
$/mo
🏗️
Setup time (one-time)
hours
🚨
Incidents per year
/year
⏱️
Hours per incident
hours
Your Real Self-Hosting Cost
Monthly
$0
Annual
$0
Infrastructure
$0/mo
Engineer labor
← the hidden one
$0/mo
Setup (amortized 12mo)
$0/mo
vs. Mercury
Pro Cloud Plan
Up to 3 agents
$49/mo
You save
$0/mo
$0/year
Engineer hours freed:
0 hrs/mo
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Estimates based on typical small-team self-hosting. Actual costs vary. Built by
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