IULIAN MAXIM / Strategy Practitioner
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Value-Based Pricing Calculator. Price AI-Assisted Projects the Right Way

If AI lets you deliver in 10 days what used to take 100, your old day-rate no longer reflects what you’re actually worth — but doubling or tripling it feels

If AI lets you deliver in 10 days what used to take 100, your old day-rate no longer reflects what you’re actually worth — but doubling or tripling it feels impossible to justify to a client who remembers your previous rate.

This calculator solves that problem. Instead of pricing by the hour or by the day, it builds a value-based price from three inputs that actually matter: your real delivery time, the Cost of Delay your client avoids by launching sooner, and the risk you’re taking on as the person responsible for the architecture and the outcome.

Adjust the parameters below to match your project — traditional effort, AI-assisted delivery time, infrastructure cost, risk premium — and get three ready-to-send pricing options: a reduced-scope MVP, a recommended value-based price, and a premium enterprise tier with priority delivery and support.

No sign-up, no data leaves your browser. Just plug in your numbers and use the output directly in your next proposal.

Model

Value-Based Pricing Calculator

Parameters

100 days
Standard time needed to write code manually (without AI).
10 days
Actual delivery time using AI-assisted workflows and human oversight.
400 $
Your standard daily rate historically agreed with the client.
18 $
Average API/token cost per day per active agent (aligned with 2026 market data, ~$13-25/dev/day).
3 agents
Number of specialized agents running in parallel in a multi-agent architecture.
5000 $
Estimated monthly savings or revenue once the software goes live.
3 x
Multiplier applied to the traditional rate to reflect AI workflow mastery.
20 %
Margin added to compensate for design responsibility and complexity.
30 %
Share of the efficiency gain passed back to the client as a discount.
35 %
How much scope/functionality is trimmed from the MVP (Option 1) compared to Option 2. Option 1 is still delivered in aiDays, but with fewer features.
1.25 x
Multiplier over Option 2 for the Enterprise package (premium SLA, support).
25 %
Share of the value saved through speed (Cost of Delay) that is explicitly captured in the Option 2/3 price, instead of only being reported informationally.
Determines the urgency multiplier applied to the Cost of Delay.

Results

Option 1 - MVP (reduced scope) —
Option 2 - Value-Based (Recommended) —
Option 3 - Enterprise —
Effective Daily Rate —
Productivity Multiplier —
Net Profit Margin —
Cost of Delay Avoided —
Captured in Price —