That's fair, I wish we were able to just add in a calculator for getting a price on a per hour basis, given your models of interest and intended volume.

We actually did have this available early on, our rationale for why we structure it differently now is basically that there is a lot of diversity between how people use us. We have some examples where a twenty person biotech company will consume more inference than a several hundred person org. Each tool has very different compute requirements, and people may not be clear on which model exactly they will be using. Basically we weren't able to let people calculate the usage/annual commitment/integration and security requirements in one place.

We do have a free tier which tends to be decent estimate of usage hours and a form you can fill out if and we can get back to you with a more precise price.