How Much Does AI Software Cost?

AI software solutions can perform tasks that usually require human intelligence or intervention. This makes artificial intelligence one of the most sought after technologies in today’s world and also in the future.

Different AI forms like machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision have become an integral part of our daily life. For example, facial recognition to unlock devices is also a good example of artificial intelligence. 

Many companies opt for personalized AI solutions that offer a greater range of features for business needs. AI software cost can be zero for open-source solutions and go between  €10,000 to €100,000 for simple and complex applications. 

The charges depends upon the business needs and whether you choose standard solutions or built from scratch. 

Here are some popular free AI Tools

As discussed earlier, there are various Artificial intelligence tools that companies can use for free. This helps to save money and perform many key business tasks.

ChatGPT: This popular AI chat tool can help your business with content creation, customer service, and sales emails. It helps to streamline communications and automate several tasks.

DALL-E: This is a generative AI model that is helpful with creating various kinds of texts, images, audio, and all kinds of other content on its own based on your input.

DeepSeek: This is also a good open-source free AI tool that you can use (gebruikt) for generating  content, application code, and more.   

Cost of paid AI tools

Paid AI applications usually start at €30 per month, and the rates can go higher. Different tools from companies are priced with varied pricing strategies. This makes it difficult to build an approximate range. Following are some popular paid AI tools

Midjourney: This popular AI tool is used to make high-quality images from text prompts.

Synthesia: An AI tool that generates speech in multiple languages and accents and creates high-quality corporate videos.

Bing Chat (Enterprise): This is an AI-powered chatbot that is well-integrated into Microsoft’s Bing search engine. It is available to users in both free and paid versions.

What is the cost of making AI software?

If you are planning to make AI software, the exact price can be high or low. It depends on many elements (elementen) like developer charges, sources for extracting data, hardware investments, and more. Building AI software is a long process, and these factors help to calculate the required budget.

Our consultants have a good understanding of what is artificial intelligence and many years of experience in the industry. They can provide you with an accurate estimate for AI based custom software development projects. 

The following factors can help assess the cost of AI.

1. Programmer expenses

For making AI software, you need professional developers. If you are a developer, you can save on this cost. Many companies hire AI developers and the charges vary between €35 per hour to €80 per hour. You also need to pay other expenses like necessary tools to develop the software and also for the licensing fees. 

2. Data management

Another big factor in deciding the cost of AI software is finding relevant data sources. A lot of money is spent on finding suitable data sources and extracting data from them to feed the AI model. A large amount of data from the right source helps to make good AI software that provides accurate outcomes toward most inputs. 

3. Hardware investments 

Many AI projects require the use of computational power sources like GPUs (Graphics Processing Unit) and servers. The cost of these hardware items ranges from €9000 to €50,000. Based on the exact project requirements, your AI project can also make use of existing hardware systems.

4. Regular maintenance

After launching the AI applications, you need to keep the software relevant among the users. This is where maintenance comes in and plays a vital role in the success of the software. Annual maintenance cost of AI solutions is usually between 10% to 20% of the cost of making the solutions. So for a simple project, this value is low but for big size projects this value can go much higher.

How much does AI integration cost?

In many projects, you do not need to build AI from scratch. Instead, using standard AI solutions can help you equip the software with many advanced capabilities. AI integration usually costs much less than building AI solutions. The project cost is usually between  €7000 and £30,000. Many companies use this option to save money and quickly power their software with artificial intelligence.

Conclusion

The final AI software cost can be estimated after carefully analyzing several factors of the project. If you need features via AI integration, the cost is much lower than that of making custom AI solutions. 

At Zedrox, we can help you determine the cost of AI software project and build them with best technoogical tools. Our well-versed experts will analyze your requirements to make an accurate estimation for the project.