Price the accepted task, not just the generated output.
Use low, expected, and peak ranges. Replace every placeholder with current provider and operating evidence.
Total workload cost÷Accepted useful tasks=Cost per useful task
Useful-task definition
Attempted task / acceptance rule / review owner / rejection rule:
Provider consumption
Input / output / requests / compute / storage / retrieval / data transfer:
Application and operations
Orchestration / tools / observability / support / security / idle capacity:
Quality cost
Retries / rejected output / human review / correction / escalation:
Low range
Demand / acceptance / retry / review / total / accepted tasks / unit cost:
Expected range
Demand / acceptance / retry / review / total / accepted tasks / unit cost:
Peak range
Demand / acceptance / retry / review / total / accepted tasks / unit cost:
Review trigger
Cost, quality, reliability, contract, capability, or demand threshold: