How do you estimate AI app development costs accurately?
2 days ago
I’ve been researching how teams estimate AI app development costs beyond just engineering hours — including data acquisition, training, infra, and iteration costs.
This article lays out a structured breakdown with real-world estimates and helped me understand budgeting much better: https://www.decipherzone.com/blog-detail/ai-app-development-cost
Curious how others here calculate AI costs for MVPs vs production-scale apps.
We've seen this exact scenario before with teams trying to get a handle on the true cost of AI development. This usually comes down to accurately factoring in the less obvious costs like data pipelines, model training, and ongoing infrastructure, which can easily dwarf initial engineering estimates. There's usually a path through this by breaking down the project into distinct phases with clear cost drivers for each.