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This page explains how Canada-based teams use NextModel's OpenAI-compatible gateway. Estimate model cost and reconcile usage across projects and keys for Canadian product and engineering teams. It adds the practical steps, configuration notes, and common questions.
Estimate cost before deployment
Cost is driven by model price, input tokens, output tokens, and request volume. Use the pricing calculator before rollout, then track project and key-level usage after launch.
| input cost | input_tokens × input_price_per_1M / 1,000,000 |
| output cost | output_tokens × output_price_per_1M / 1,000,000 |
| monthly estimate | per-request estimate × expected monthly requests |