Does LLM Cost Estimate upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. LLM Cost Estimate runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Positive tokens and price. Local estimate only.

Should I use Token Estimate (Chars) instead of LLM Cost Estimate?

Use LLM Cost Estimate when you need Estimate cost from tokens and $/1M. Use Token Estimate (Chars) when you need Rough tokens from character count. They share a category (AI) but not the same job.

LLM Cost Estimate

Estimate cost from tokens and $/1M.

Computes cost = tokens / 1e6 × price-per-million. Unlike Token Estimate tools this prices tokens you already counted. Unlike Context Window % this is money, not fill. Local math only; enter your own price.

What LLM Cost Estimate does

Practical limit for LLM Cost Estimate: Positive tokens and price. Local estimate only. That is why output can differ from heavy desktop AI software. Read the tool-specific note again: Computes cost = tokens / 1e6 × price-per-million. Unlike Token Estimate tools this prices tokens you already counted. Unlike Context Window % this is money, not fill. Local math only; enter your own price.

How to use LLM Cost Estimate

Keep this tab on LLM Cost Estimate (/ai/llm-cost-estimate). Pasting into the wrong AI tool (for example Token Estimate (Chars)) changes the job.
Paste or type the input LLM Cost Estimate expects. Path hint: ai · llm cost estimate. Estimate cost from tokens and $/1M.
Apply the LLM Cost Estimate action only. Context Window % is a different transform (How full a context window is.). Computes cost = tokens / 1e6 × price-per-million. Unlike Token Estimate tools this prices tokens you already counted. Unlike Context Window % this is money, not fill. Local math only; enter your own price.
Copy the output of LLM Cost Estimate if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Positive tokens and price. Local estimate only.
If the text job is actually Rough tokens from character count., leave LLM Cost Estimate and open Token Estimate (Chars).

When not to use LLM Cost Estimate

Skip LLM Cost Estimate when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Token Estimate (Chars) or Context Window % — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Computes cost = tokens / 1e6 × price-per-million. Unlike Token Estimate tools this prices tokens you already counted. Unlike Context Window % this is money, not fill. Local math only; enter your own price.

Questions about LLM Cost Estimate

What does LLM Cost Estimate do that other AI pages on this site do not?: Computes cost = tokens / 1e6 × price-per-million. Unlike Token Estimate tools this prices tokens you already counted. Unlike Context Window % this is money, not fill. Local math only; enter your own price. Short version: Estimate cost from tokens and $/1M.
Does LLM Cost Estimate upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. LLM Cost Estimate runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Positive tokens and price. Local estimate only.
Should I use Token Estimate (Chars) instead of LLM Cost Estimate?: Use LLM Cost Estimate when you need Estimate cost from tokens and $/1M. Use Token Estimate (Chars) when you need Rough tokens from character count. They share a category (AI) but not the same job.
What are the limits of LLM Cost Estimate?: Positive tokens and price. Local estimate only. Also: Computes cost = tokens / 1e6 × price-per-million. Unlike Token Estimate tools this prices tokens you already counted. Unlike Context Window % this is money, not fill. Local math only; enter your own price.