Cost of building with JB

Accessing the JB stack is and will remain free, through the project’s GitHub repository. To be able to utilise the stack to build and offer solutions, any individual or organisation needs to consider the cost of operating the application and the associated data & infrastructure.

The key considerations in budgeting for a conversational service is as follows:

Estimating the usage and plan to scale

The amount of people using the service, how often they use it and the complexity of their queries will determine the associated costs of the cloud infrastructure and services that will be required for solutions such as JB to operate For example, if 100 users send 30 messages each day, an estimated ₹656 per month would have to be budgeted for processing these messages using LLMs such as GPT-4o mini or 3.5.

Start small and add more resources as needed.

This helps control costs and scale efficiently. Depending on the nature of the use case, cloud service providers are known to offer negotiated contracts to access their services at subsidised rates.

Monitoring data transfer and storage needs

Calculate how much data will need to be stored including user data, message logs and media files. This should also include the costs of encrypting and masking sensitive information. The data in and out of cloud services, would have to be routinely monitored in accordance with the regional regulations on data protection and privacy.

Human Resources

Depending on the complexity of the use case, data scientists, data engineers and full stack developers may be needed to implement the solution as per the requirements.

Communication Costs

Based on the medium of communication with users, there may be additional costs incurred through third party service providers. While the exact cost will vary based on the chosen service provider, at an estimated Rs. 0.3 per session, the same example from above of 100 users sending 30 messages a day would cost an additional ~Rs. 1000 a month,over whatsapp.

All data collected from the JB Cost Calculator: Jugalbandi Cost Calculator