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See exactly what you would pay — direct vs. through the gateway.

Your Usage

1K50K1M

Pricing: $2.5 input / $10 output per 1M tokens

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Streaming enabled

SSE streaming for real-time responses

Assumptions

Token split: 40% input / 60% output per request.

Governance savings: 15-30% typical reduction from rate limiting, cost caps, and preventing runaway agent loops. Calculator uses 22% midpoint.

BYOK: You pay AI providers directly. Gateway fees are Curate-Me platform charges only.

Direct Provider Cost (no gateway)

$350.00/month

50K requests x $0.0070 per request (GPT-4o)

No governance, no cost caps, no rate limiting

With Curate-Me Gateway

FreeBest Value
$323.00/mo
AI cost
$350.00
Gateway fee
+$50.00
Governance savings
-$77.00

8% net savings vs direct provider calls

Starter$49/mo base
$347.00/mo
AI cost
$350.00
Gateway fee
+$74.00
Governance savings
-$77.00

1% net savings vs direct provider calls

Growth$199/mo base
$482.00/mo
AI cost
$350.00
Gateway fee
+$209.00
Governance savings
-$77.00

How governance saves 15-30%

  • Rate limiting prevents retry storms and runaway agent loops
  • Daily budget caps stop spend before it spirals
  • Model allowlists prevent accidental use of expensive models
  • human approvals gate high-cost requests for human review