VM Price Board Estimates Monthly Costs for AI Agent Workloads

Summary

VM Price Board is a comparison tool for estimating what a virtual machine used by an AI agent costs per month. It presents each provider's cheapest way to run the workload and checks prices every Monday. Users can specify vCPU, memory, disk, operating schedule, and CPU load, including continuous 24/7 operation or shorter daily use. The board moves providers that bill CPU by usage when the workload's CPU demand changes. It notes that agents waiting on model calls often use less than 20% CPU, which can affect the estimate. Calculations include compute, memory, and disk, but exclude network egress and taxes, so users are advised to verify prices on the provider's own website before purchasing.