How to evaluate cost of a call
# supports
Sahil
04/21/2025, 9:24 AMHi @Vapi Support Bot
I want to evaluate how much dollars spent on a call currently in the billing section i only see the available minutes out of 1000 minutes how can i see how much dollars are consumed till now and per call ?
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Kings_big💫
04/21/2025, 9:39 AMtotal pricing is 5 cents per minute which is Vapi charge + Underlying provider cost.
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Sahil
04/21/2025, 10:18 AMso how can i calculate the exact cost including vapi charge for a particuloar call ?
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Shubham Bajaj
04/21/2025, 5:41 PMTo see the cost of calls, check your dashboard at dashboard.vapi.ai/calls. You’ll find a detailed cost breakdown for each call there, which will show you how the dollars are consumed.
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Sahil
04/21/2025, 6:30 PMHi Kyle i went to the mentioned page and opened a call id i found this tabs namely Logs, Transcripts, Analysis, Messages, Assistant. I apologize but I could not find cost breakdown anywhere. Could you please mention more clearly which tab i should navigate to find the cost breakdown fora a call or is there any specific steps or apis for that. Please mention more details
Sahil
04/21/2025, 6:44 PMI used this api call https://api.vapi.ai/call/21fc0dfd-24d9-4bf2-bad9-e37ebd056a51 and got the following response as costs array i can see all cost are shown as 0. Could you please explain what does it mean. Does it mean the call costed 0 dollars ?
"costs": [
{
"cost": 0,
"type": "transcriber",
"minutes": 0.38456666666666667,
"transcriber": {
"model": "nova-2",
"provider": "deepgram"
}
},
{
"cost": 0,
"type": "model",
"model": {
"model": "gpt-4o-mini",
"provider": "openai"
},
"promptTokens": 1687,
"completionTokens": 0
},
{
"cost": 0,
"type": "voice",
"voice": {
"voiceId": "s3://voice-cloning-zero-shot/801a663f-efd0-4254-98d0-5c175514c3e8/jennifer/manifest.json",
"provider": "playht"
},
"characters": 0
},
{
"cost": 0,
"type": "vapi",
"minutes": 0.3166,
"subType": "normal"
},
{
"cost": 0,
"type": "analysis",
"model": {
"model": "claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219",
"provider": "anthropic"
},
"analysisType": "summary",
"promptTokens": 172,
"completionTokens": 47
},
{
"cost": 0,
"type": "analysis",
"model": {
"model": "claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219",
"provider": "anthropic"
},
"analysisType": "successEvaluation",
"promptTokens": 1001,
"completionTokens": 4
},
{
"cost": 0,
"type": "knowledge-base",
"model": {
"model": "gemini-1.5-flash",
"provider": "google"
},
"promptTokens": 0,
"completionTokens": 0
}
]
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Shubham Bajaj
04/21/2025, 7:41 PMIf you are using the API, that will be the most effective way to view costs. It may show as 0 because you still have free minutes on your account, so the cost to you is 0.
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Sahil
04/22/2025, 6:59 AMHey Kyle
Are you saying that I need to wait until all my free minutes are used up before I can access the cost breakdown of a call? I urgently need this information, as we have an analysis to prepare and submit to our customers. Please look into this urgently.
Sahil
04/22/2025, 10:33 AMcan you please respond to this quick ?
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Shubham Bajaj
04/22/2025, 4:43 PMHey Sahil, you can estimate your call costs by checking the Vapi dashboard. Just go to the left sidebar and click on call logs. There, you’ll see a breakdown of the exact cost for each call, including per-minute projections for transcription, model, voice, and telephony providers. Keep in mind, the 1,000 free minutes only apply to Vapi’s 0.05 per-minute platform fee. Costs from providers like OpenAI or ElevenLabs will still apply as usual.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1363807477644132466/1364280558368329919/Screenshot_2025-04-22_at_11.43.41_AM.png?ex=680918c8&is=6807c748&hm=998c92479da01dc069c075c71974bacca8d6fed6243f2430a18ed85009c41251&
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Sahil
04/22/2025, 6:36 PMwhy is this call cost not visible in mine 🥲
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1363807477644132466/1364308812982386780/image.png?ex=68093318&is=6807e198&hm=02b7cd985ca4e18eaf012ac3f255622e111b15f454fc78023c32ea0fafa455d1&
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Shubham Bajaj
04/22/2025, 6:53 PMAdd me to your dashboard as an editor and I'll take a look. My email is mason.d@vapi.ai
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Sahil
04/22/2025, 7:05 PMI have sent you an invite pls check
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Shubham Bajaj
04/22/2025, 7:41 PMSince you're on the free trial right now it does not show the call costs. Once you are off that, you will than be able to see exactly what I see in the screenshot.
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Sahil
04/23/2025, 3:51 AMplease tell me some way to see the cost now as i need to urgently submit this cost evaluation report
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Shubham Bajaj
04/23/2025, 4:04 AMSince you're on the free trial right now it does not show the call costs. Once you are off that, you will than be able to see exactly what I see in the screenshot. As of now, when getting data from your webhook you should see a call cost in there.
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Sahil
04/23/2025, 5:54 AMHonestly, it’s pretty frustrating that I have to wait for my free trial to end just to see call costs. It doesn’t make sense to hide such basic info, and having to reach out multiple times with no clear answer is not a great experience.
Sahil
04/23/2025, 5:59 AMI’ve started summing up the costs by checking the logs, where I see entries like:
Model request cost (attempt #1, $0.0002814, 1876 prompt, 0 completion).
Just to confirm—does this include VAPI’s $0.05 per call charge, or do I need to add that separately on top of the model request cost?
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Shubham Bajaj
04/23/2025, 3:15 PMIf you're using your free 1000 minutes still than, no, it does not incude Vapi's $0.05 per call charge.
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Sahil
04/25/2025, 7:37 AMso approx for a call the total cost will be :
llm calls cost (from logs) + stt ($0.01 / min) + tts ($0.04/min) + vapi base charge ($0.05/min)
Please let me know if this breakdown is accurate or if any components should be added or removed.
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Shubham Bajaj
04/25/2025, 12:28 PMYes, here's an example of one of my calls. It's exactly 1 minute long.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1363807477644132466/1365303351465738282/Screenshot_2025-04-25_at_7.27.06_AM.png?ex=680cd155&is=680b7fd5&hm=5aa79108e61866188075d79c88f87f51cdcb4724a47d75bbdab1aa37076503ef&
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Sahil
04/27/2025, 1:41 PMok what is this successEvaulation here do i need to consider that as well ?
Sahil
04/28/2025, 4:48 AMcould u pls confirm about successEvaluation ?
Sahil
04/28/2025, 10:22 AMalso which llm are you using i see in ur case the cost for llm is $0.01/min willl this be same for me as i am using gpt-4o-mini ?
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