{
  "title": "SmartCreatorHub illustrative website chatbot cost model",
  "date": "2026-11-01",
  "currency": "USD",
  "months": 12,
  "status": "Illustrative assumptions; not provider quotes, observed delivery times or measured product performance",
  "scope": "Public FAQ, source links and contact link; no private accounts, write actions, voice, other channels or native helpdesk required",
  "conversations_per_month": 200,
  "model_requests_per_conversation": 2,
  "average_input_tokens_per_request": 3000,
  "average_output_tokens_per_request": 300,
  "model": "Claude Haiku 5.5, standard global API, prompts <=100000 input tokens",
  "input_USD_per_million_tokens": 0.1,
  "output_USD_per_million_tokens": 0.5,
  "internal_USD_per_hour": 30,
  "freelancer_USD_per_hour": 50,
  "rates_status": "Editable chosen assumptions; not market averages",
  "routes": [
    {
      "id": "A",
      "route": "A · Platform, self-configured",
      "monthly_subscription": 40,
      "monthly_hosting_database": 0,
      "monthly_other_allowance": 0,
      "internal_setup_hours": 6,
      "internal_monthly_hours": 1,
      "freelancer_setup_hours": 0,
      "freelancer_monthly_hours": 0
    },
    {
      "id": "B",
      "route": "B · Custom, built in-house",
      "monthly_subscription": 0,
      "monthly_hosting_database": 30,
      "monthly_other_allowance": 10,
      "internal_setup_hours": 35,
      "internal_monthly_hours": 3,
      "freelancer_setup_hours": 0,
      "freelancer_monthly_hours": 0
    },
    {
      "id": "C",
      "route": "C · Freelancer + platform",
      "monthly_subscription": 40,
      "monthly_hosting_database": 0,
      "monthly_other_allowance": 0,
      "internal_setup_hours": 2,
      "internal_monthly_hours": 0.5,
      "freelancer_setup_hours": 8,
      "freelancer_monthly_hours": 0.5
    },
    {
      "id": "D",
      "route": "D · Freelancer + custom build",
      "monthly_subscription": 0,
      "monthly_hosting_database": 30,
      "monthly_other_allowance": 10,
      "internal_setup_hours": 4,
      "internal_monthly_hours": 0.5,
      "freelancer_setup_hours": 45,
      "freelancer_monthly_hours": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "B2",
      "route": "B2 · In-house build, marginal case",
      "monthly_subscription": 0,
      "monthly_hosting_database": 5,
      "monthly_other_allowance": 10,
      "internal_setup_hours": 8,
      "internal_monthly_hours": 0.5,
      "freelancer_setup_hours": 0,
      "freelancer_monthly_hours": 0
    }
  ],
  "excluded_unless_added": [
    "Tax and FX",
    "Marketplace fees",
    "Private integration and transactional work",
    "Human resolution time",
    "Unplanned incidents and migration",
    "Additional coding subscription",
    "Plan upgrades and other usage charges"
  ],
  "source_urls": {
    "pricing": "https://link.chatbase.co/REZUsch",
    "models": "https://www.chatbase.co/docs/user-guides/chatbot/models-comparison?via=jhoprqs",
    "actions": "https://www.chatbase.co/docs/user-guides/chatbot/actions/custom-action?via=jhoprqs",
    "sources": "https://www.chatbase.co/docs/user-guides/chatbot/data-sources?via=jhoprqs",
    "activity": "https://www.chatbase.co/docs/user-guides/chatbot/activity?via=jhoprqs",
    "tests": "https://www.chatbase.co/docs/user-guides/chatbot/tests?via=jhoprqs",
    "claude": "https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing",
    "cloudflare": "https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/pricing/",
    "supabase": "https://supabase.com/pricing",
    "n8n": "https://docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n",
    "n8n-backup": "https://docs.n8n.io/deploy/host-n8n/keep-n8n-running/backup-and-restore"
  },
  "marginal_case": "B2 assumes existing funded skills and infrastructure; not a greenfield total cost"
}