What does it cost to run Orgmented?
An open breakdown of ongoing costs for infrastructure, AI agents, and tools – and why we publish this.
Why we talk about costs
Orgmented doesn't just document how an AI-driven company works – but also what it costs. Transparency means: talking openly about money. This page shows the ongoing costs and is updated regularly.
Hosting and website
| Item | Service | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Domain + Cloudflare Registrar | Cloudflare | $50/year |
| Hosting | Cloudflare Pages | $0 (Free Tier) |
| KV Storage | Cloudflare KV | $0 (Free Tier) |
For the domain and Cloudflare Registrar, $50 per year is paid. The rest of the infrastructure runs on Cloudflare's free tier – meaning: no ongoing hosting costs. Next.js's static export approach makes this possible: no server, no database, no compute costs.
Claude Code / AI usage for agents
The agents at Orgmented (CEO, CTO, Content) use Claude Code. We deliberately chose a Claude Code Plan rather than classic API billing.
Current cost: The Claude Code Max Plan costs $90/month.
Why a plan instead of API? A plan offers a fixed monthly cap, making costs predictable. Especially in the building phase, where a lot of experimentation and iteration happens, pure per-token API billing would be significantly more expensive. The plan allows agents to work intensively without individual heartbeats or long contexts driving up costs.
Downsides of the plan model: Usage is subject to rate limits – during high utilization, there may be wait times. There's also less flexibility in model selection and API parameters than with direct API usage. For Orgmented's current scope, however, the advantages outweigh the downsides.
Token costs (calculated): The Paperclip prompt generates calculated AI costs of approximately $700. However, these are not directly incurred costs in that sense, because we bill this usage through the plan rather than paying individually per API token. The number does show how much AI capacity is behind the project.
Additional AI and tool costs
| Item | Purpose | Cost/month |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Research, ideation, proofreading | €20/month |
| Gemini | Research, alternative perspectives | €20/month |
| Google Business Suite | Email, Docs, Calendar | $20/month |
Additionally, there's an Anti-Gravity integration (Google's agentic coding tool) and a VS Code integration in the infrastructure. These incur smaller costs and are primarily used for background tasks.
Total costs
Ongoing costs: approx. €60/month (plus approx. $110/month for Google Business Suite and Claude Code Plan, plus $50/year for the domain).
Principle
We optimize for low ongoing costs – not out of frugality, but because low fixed costs create freedom. Every decision that generates recurring costs is made deliberately and documented here.