Practical guide

The average lies – the AI cost benchmark

Why AI costs must be planned by distribution and adoption, not by the average: a ~€6.50 median compute spend per active user/month, 78 % of cost driven by the top 10 % – from 10,000+ users over 12 months. Plus the steerability playbook.

9 Min. · 14 pages

What the guide covers

01
The meinGPT benchmark: median spend and the 78 % concentration
02
The TCO truth: ~½ is adoption, compute is the smallest item
03
The steerability playbook in three levers

Basis and boundaries

Basis: The analysis uses anonymised usage data from more than 10,000 users over twelve months. It describes the distribution of compute spend within this dataset.
Boundary: The benchmark is not a cost guarantee. Licences, rollout, support and actual adoption must be planned for each organisation.

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