A fill-in worksheet for pricing a small public API (a few endpoints, indie or side-project scale). Work through it top to bottom; each section ends with a decision.
Disclosure: this worksheet was drafted with AI assistance. The numbers are placeholders: replace them with your own costs and market data.
| Item | Your number | Notes |
| Monthly hosting (fixed) | $____ | VPS, serverless base fee, database |
| Third-party API cost per call (if you proxy one) | $____ | Upstream pricing per 1k calls x 1/1000 |
| Average compute per call | $____ | Measure it, don't guess: run 1,000 realistic requests |
| Support/maintenance hours per month | ____ h | Value your time at a real rate |
Cost per 1,000 requests = (variable cost per call x 1000) + (fixed monthly cost / expected monthly requests x 1000)
Decision: write the cost per 1,000 requests here: $____
This is section 1 of 4. The full worksheet adds value to the buyer, tier design, and a test plan, with a decision at the end of each section. Get the full worksheet (0.003 ETH, file by email).
Disclosure: drafted with AI assistance. Numbers are placeholders.