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Agentic AI Pricing FAQ
Top buyer questions, each answered in 2-3 sentences and cross-linked to the deep-dive.
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How much does an agentic AI platform cost?↓
Self-serve entry seats start at $17 per month (Claude Pro annual). General-purpose agents start at $20 per month (Devin Pro, Manus Starter). Enterprise platforms like Agentforce bill $2 per conversation and Copilot Studio bills $200 per 25,000-credit pack. Read more →
What is the cheapest agentic AI platform?↓
Among published paid seats, Claude Code Pro at $17 annual ($25 monthly) is the cheapest. Free tiers exist on Manus, MultiOn, LlamaCloud and Salesforce Foundations. Read more →
How much does Agentforce cost?↓
Salesforce Agentforce: $2 per conversation on the Conversations SKU, $0.10 per action via Flex Credits, Foundations free for Service / Sales Cloud customers. Data Cloud grounding is billed separately. Read more →
How much does Devin cost?↓
Cognition Devin: Pro $20, Max $200, Teams $80 base plus $40 per developer, Enterprise quote only. Overage on Teams bills at frontier-model API rates. Read more →
How much does Claude Code cost?↓
Anthropic Claude Code: Pro $17 annual or $25 monthly, Max from $100, Team Standard $20 per seat, Team Premium $100. Production agents via the API bill per token on top. Read more →
How much does Microsoft Copilot Studio cost?↓
Copilot Studio: $200 per month per 25,000-credit pack with up to 20% saving vs PAYG. M365 Copilot bundle at $30 per user per month includes internal Copilot Studio use. Read more →
How much does Sierra AI cost?↓
Sierra is quote only. Sierra markets outcome-based per-resolution pricing but does not publish a rate. Any number must come from a sales conversation. Read more →
How much does Harvey AI cost?↓
Harvey AI is quote only. Industry coverage cites AmLaw 100 ACVs in the seven figures but the vendor has not confirmed any figure. Read more →
Which agentic AI vendors do not publish a price?↓
Sierra, Decagon, Moveworks, Harvey, Ema, 11x, CrewAI Enterprise, and Adept are quote only. We list them on the quote-only vendors page. Read more →
What is the difference between platform cost and token cost?↓
Platform cost is what the agent vendor charges; token cost is what the underlying LLM provider charges. They are separate lines and both must be forecasted. Read more →
Should we build or buy an AI agent?↓
Buy if you need it live in under 90 days, do not have 2+ senior engineers free for 6 months, or the workload is a standard vertical (CX, ITSM, legal). Build if you have engineering capacity, a 6+ month horizon, and a bespoke workload. Read more →
What is the total cost of ownership for an agentic deployment?↓
Year-one TCO ranges from roughly $20K for a small team to $2M+ for enterprise. Platform list price is typically 40 to 60% of TCO. The rest is tokens, compute, integration, HITL review, and change management. Read more →
Are open-source agent frameworks really free?↓
The library license is free across CrewAI, LangGraph, AutoGen, LlamaIndex and Agno. The real cost is hosting plus engineering time plus LLM tokens, typically $50K to $90K year-one for a mid-market deployment. Read more →
Last verified June 2026