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# [What It Costs to Run AI Agents in Production: A Worked Cost Model for Tokens, Sandboxes, Storage, and Networking](https://controlplane-eng.hashnode.dev/what-it-costs-to-run-ai-agents-in-production-a-worked-cost-model-for-tokens-sandboxes-storage-and-networking?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A worked cost model for AI agents in production: tokens, prompt caching, sandboxes, NAT, and storage at 300,000 tasks a month, plus how to cut cost.

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