Introduction
A product needs to deliver something customers value at a cost the business can sustain. Model pricing is one input. Retrieval, tools, retries, hosting, support, evaluation, and human review can change the result substantially. Revenue, gross profit, operating profit, and cash each tell us something different.
We will turn an application's architecture into a unit-economics model. The teaching rates are hypothetical so you can reproduce the arithmetic without relying on a changing price page. Your workbook will compare base, heavy-use, and failure scenarios. Obtain current provider quotes before using the calculation in a purchase decision.
Review income and cash in Module 8, cost per successful task in Module 16, and internal agent calls in Module 22. Start by defining the unit, then calculate direct costs, design pricing, and test which assumptions change the outcome.