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title: Pricing: AI Agents from $299/month | AI Abstraction
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description: AI agent pricing from AI Abstraction: a one-time build fee plus managed hosting from $299/month, with a free pilot before you commit to anything.
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# What does a managed AI agent cost?

Every engagement has two parts: a one-time build fee to design, integrate, and launch the agent, typically $2,999 to $8,999 depending on complexity, and ongoing managed hosting after that, $299 to $999 a month per agent. Every engagement starts with a free, one-week pilot first, so you see it working with your real business before either cost applies. Billing after that is month to month.

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## One-time build fee

**$2,999 to $8,999**, depending on complexity. This covers the design, integration, and launch work before an agent goes live.

## Ongoing managed hosting

**$299 to $999 a month**, per agent, once the agent’s complexity, integrations, and how much it handles are worked out. Billed month to month, 30 days’ notice to cancel.

## Free pilot first

A free pilot runs about a week and delivers a working proof of concept, so you see it handling real inquiries before either cost applies. Pilots are offered at AI Abstraction’s discretion based on a short qualifying conversation, not to every inquiry automatically.

## What are after-hours leads costing you?

Put your own numbers in and the page works out roughly how much revenue walks past you outside business hours each month, next to what an agent costs to run. The arithmetic is shown underneath so you can check it, and nothing is sent anywhere.

Calls and enquiries a week

Everything that comes in, by phone, form or email.

Share arriving outside business hours

%

Evenings, weekends, and while you are on a job.

Share you normally win

%

Of the enquiries you do get to, how many become work.

Average job value

$

What one job is worth to you on average.

Revenue at risk each month

$11,691

Managed hosting costs **$299 to $999 a month**.

### How that number is worked out

`calls a week x 4.33 weeks a month x share after hours x share you win x average job value`

`40 x 4.33 x 30% x 25% x $900 = $11,691`

4.33 is weeks per month, which is 52 divided by 12. There is nothing else in it: no industry averages, no assumptions about your business, and no data leaves your browser.

The boxes above need JavaScript to recalculate. The numbers shown are an example, and the formula is right there if you would rather do it yourself.

This is what is AT RISK, not what you would get back. It assumes every after-hours enquiry is lost today, which is unlikely, and that an agent would win them at your normal rate, which is optimistic. Treat it as the size of the problem, not as a forecast.

## What changes the price within that range?

Three things mostly decide where an agent lands, on both the build fee and the monthly range: how many systems it connects to, how much volume it handles, and how much back-and-forth judgment a conversation needs. A simple after-hours call answerer costs less than an agent qualifying leads across five integrated tools.

Third-party AI model costs are passed through at cost. You pay what the API actually costs to run your agent, not a flat markup or an estimate baked into the monthly price.

## Ready to stop losing leads after hours?

Book a free consultation, or call us directly. We’ll tell you honestly whether this is a fit for your business.

Start with a free pilot. No commitment, month to month after that, cancel with 30 days’ notice.

[Book a Consultation](/book-a-consultation/)

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## About AI Abstraction

AI Abstraction designs, builds, hosts, and maintains AI agents and workflow automation for small and mid-sized businesses. Based in Ridgewood, NJ, serving the New York–New Jersey metro area and remotely nationwide. Call 551-246-4338 or visit https://ai-abstraction.com/contact/.