> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://numadocs.secc.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Estimated Costs

> Self-hosting means that you have greater control over the cost to run Numa.

## Development Infrastructure

A development environment is suitable for 1-5 light users.<br />
Estimated Cost: **\$95 /month**

| Service                | Pricing Tier                | Estimated Monthly Cost |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| Azure Key Vault        | Free                        | \< \$0.01              |
| Azure App Service      | Free                        | \< \$0.01              |
| Azure App Service Plan | Free                        | \< \$0.01              |
| Azure Storage          | Standard                    | \< \$0.01              |
| Azure Cosmos DB        | Serverless                  | \< \$0.01              |
| Azure OpenAI           | Pay-As-You-Go (API)         | \< \$20                |
| Azure AI Search        | Basic (for semantic search) | \< \$75                |

## Production Infrastructure

A production environment is suitable for 10+ regular users.<br />
Estimated Cost: **\$210 - 380 /month + token usage**

| Service                      | Pricing Tier                | Estimated Monthly Cost       |
| :--------------------------- | :-------------------------- | :--------------------------- |
| Azure Key Vault              | Free                        | \< \$0.01                    |
| Azure App Service            | Free                        | \< \$0.01                    |
| Azure Storage                | Standard                    | \< \$5                       |
| Azure Cosmos DB              | Serverless or Provisioned   | \< \$15                      |
| Azure App Service Plan       | Basic B2 or Premium v3 P0V3 | \< \$115                     |
| Azure OpenAI<sup>\*</sup>    | Pay-As-You-Go (API)         | \< \$2.50 - 10 per 1M tokens |
| Azure AI Search<sup>\*</sup> | Basic or Standard S1        | \< \$75 - 245                |

<sup>\*</sup>At scale, two factors drive higher costs: 1) The number/size of indexes in Azure AI Search. 2) Input token usage in Azure OpenAI.

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