💰 Economics
Cost Analysis
Interactive cost projections across all 3 pipelines. See how −90% token reduction compounds into real savings at scale.
$0.000012
LLM-Only / query
139 tokens
$0.000044
Basic RAG / query
4,399 tokens
$0.000022
GraphRAG / query
440 tokens · −90% vs RAG
Scale Projections
1K100,000 queries/mo1M
$1.20
LLM-Only / month
13.9M tokens total
$4.40
Basic RAG / month
439.9M tokens total
$2.20
GraphRAG / month
44.0M tokens total
GraphRAG saves vs Basic RAG
$2.20/month
at 100,000 queries/month · Gemini 2.5 Flash
Token reduction
−90%
Annual savings
$26.40
Cost ratio GraphRAG / RAG
50.0%
Cumulative Cost — Gemini 2.5 Flash
Cost at Scale — Gemini 2.5 Flash
| Queries / Month | LLM-Only | Basic RAG | GraphRAG | Saved vs RAG | Annual Savings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $0.01 | $0.04 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.26 |
| 10,000 | $0.12 | $0.44 | $0.22 | $0.22 | $2.64 |
| 100,000 | $1.20 | $4.40 | $2.20 | $2.20 | $26.40 |
| 500,000 | $6.00 | $22.00 | $11.00 | $11.00 | $132.00 |
| 1,000,000 | $12.00 | $44.00 | $22.00 | $22.00 | $264.00 |
| 5,000,000 | $60.00 | $220.00 | $110.00 | $110.00 | $1.3K |
| 10,000,000 | $120.00 | $440.00 | $220.00 | $220.00 | $2.6K |
Token counts from live benchmark: LLM-Only 139 · Basic RAG 4,399 · GraphRAG 440 avg tokens/query. Costs scaled from measured Gemini 2.5 Flash prices. Graph indexing paid once — per-query savings compound indefinitely.