# Cursor AI Cost Calculator

If Cursor, Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, or another AI IDE is increasing development cost, use the free Intelligence Per Watt tools to estimate likely waste and decide whether a paid outside read is worth it.

Free calculator:

https://www.intelligenceperwatt.com/llm-cost-calculator.html

Usage limit checker:

https://www.intelligenceperwatt.com/coding-agent-usage-checker

## Common Cost Leaks

- premium model defaults for routine edits
- repeated full-repo context in every session
- long test logs pasted back into high-reasoning loops
- retry loops after unchanged failures
- eval sweeps on unchanged prompt paths
- no team rule for when to switch model, batch work, or pause until reset

## Paid Rescue

Buy the $29 coding-agent usage rescue for a short written recommendation from a sanitized status panel and workflow note:

https://buy.stripe.com/dRmaEZeyR065bDweHAcEw06?utm_source=cursor_ai_cost_calculator&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=agent_usage_rescue

For a deeper written review, use the $99 triage or $299 24-hour coding-agent roast:

https://www.intelligenceperwatt.com/coding-agent-cost-roast

## Data Boundary

Do not share source code, private repo contents, secrets, API keys, raw prompts, raw outputs, customer data, account IDs, or credentials.