Ubikon · 2026 AI Pricing

How Much Does AI Development Cost in 2026?

Real numbers from 300+ projects across 20+ countries.

The short answer

AI builds run ₹1.5L to ₹22L+.

One choice sets your budget: API or custom model.

The cost fork

API vs custom model

Integrating an existing AI API is 5–10x cheaper than building custom models.

Tier 1 · LLM Integration

₹1.5L – ₹3L4–8 weeks

AI chat, summarization or generation via API.

Tier 2 · RAG Pipeline

₹3L – ₹7LAI answers from your data

Document ingestion, vector search, retrieval.

Tier 3 · Computer Vision

₹4.5L – ₹14Limage & video analysis

Model, processing pipeline, inference API.

Tier 4 · Custom ML

₹12L – ₹22L+proprietary models

Dataset prep, training, MLOps, retraining.

Budget warning

Inference never stops billing

API costs recur monthly. Budget token spend from day one.

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