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  "tool_id": "ai-coding-agent-cost-per-developer",
  "citation_question": "What does an AI coding agent cost per developer per month?",
  "question": "How do I calculate AI coding workflow cost per developer per month with model, retrieval, and infrastructure assumptions?",
  "canonical_url": "https://www.unitcostai.com/tools/ai-coding-agent-cost-per-developer",
  "formula": "embedding_ingestion_share_usd = embedding_ingestion_monthly_usd / monthly_active_users; cost_per_developer_month_usd = generation + retrieval + reranking + embedding_ingestion_share_usd + vector_db + cache + infra; optional_margin_pct = (sell_price_or_chargeback_usd - cost_per_developer_month_usd) / sell_price_or_chargeback_usd * 100",
  "assumptions": [
    "All cost terms are in USD per active developer-month unless noted",
    "Embedding refresh starts as a fixed monthly corpus term and is amortized across monthly_active_users before it is included per developer",
    "Cache is modeled as a signed cost term and can be negative (savings)",
    "Any price input on this page is your own seat-price or internal chargeback assumption, not the vendor's fixed plan price"
  ],
  "example": "If generation=2.10, retrieval=0.75, reranking=0.22, embedding_ingestion_share=0.28, vector_db=0.14, cache=-0.31, infra=0.26, then cost_per_developer_month=3.44",
  "units": "USD per request and USD per active developer-month",
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    "snapshot_id": "2026-06-21",
    "snapshot_date": "2026-06-21",
    "reference_url": "https://www.unitcostai.com/pricing"
  },
  "pricing_snapshot": {
    "snapshot_id": "2026-06-21",
    "snapshot_date": "2026-06-21",
    "pricing_reference_url": "https://www.unitcostai.com/pricing"
  }
}