How Much Does an AI Agent Cost? (2026)

Q: Are AI model subscriptions billed separately?

They are not billed by EmAGI at all. The agent thinks on a Claude Max subscription issued in your name: you pay Anthropic directly, with no margin from us, and the usage allowance is yours alone. On the Assisted and VIP plans we help you connect and set it up.

On EmAGI an AI employee costs $350 to $1,000 a month, and the difference between the plans is how much of the setup we do for you. The reasoning runs on a Claude Max subscription issued in your name, which stays yours and is paid directly to Anthropic, so there is no model markup inside our price. (Source: emagi.ai/pricing, checked 14 October 2026)

EmAGI pricing

Plan	Price	What you get
StandardMost popular	$350/mo	One AI employee configured for your project, in its own isolated environment. Managed from Telegram or the web chat on your site, keeps persistent memory of your projects. Runs on your own AI subscription, which you connect in the dashboard.
Assisted	$500/mo	Everything in Standard, plus we help you connect your subscription, set up access and channels for you, and give priority support.
VIP	$1,000/mo	Everything in Assisted, plus a dedicated specialist looking after your agent, a five times larger model-hub allowance, 50 agents with no per-agent fee and the largest server capacity tier available today.
Extra agent	$15/mo	One agent is included in the plan. Each additional agent is $15 a month. Without a capacity upgrade an account holds up to five agents; capacity packs raise that number. On VIP, 50 agents are included and the fee applies only beyond 50.
Server capacity	from $30/mo	More concurrent work, memory and storage. Worth adding when the agent is busy often and tasks start queuing behind each other.

Billing runs from the day you create your first agent and renews on the same date. Cancel from the dashboard in one click — no calls, no cancellation fee.

What the price does not include

The AI subscription the agent thinks with. It is issued in your name, you pay the provider directly at their price, and the usage allowance is yours alone. We do not resell it and it is not bundled into the plan; on Assisted and VIP we help you connect and set it up. To put it plainly: $350 buys the employee, not the model.

AI agent versus hiring a person

	A person you hire	An EmAGI AI employee
Monthly cost	$47,460 a year is the US median for secretaries and administrative assistants (BLS, 2024) — about $4,900–5,500 a month once taxes, benefits, equipment and software are added	$350–1,000 a month per account: the first employee is included, each next one is $15 (on VIP, 50 agents with no per-agent fee). Plus your own AI subscription
Availability	About 40 hours a week, plus holidays and sick days	Any hour, and it keeps working while you sleep
Time to useful	Weeks of hiring, then onboarding	About an hour to create your agent, useful in the first week
Adding a second	Another full salary	$15 a month on the same account
When they leave	The knowledge leaves with them	The memory is yours and stays

Those are medians, not your numbers. Put your own salary figure into the calculator and see the difference for your case — and read the part about where a person still wins, because that part is real.

Frequently asked questions

What does $350 a month include?

One AI employee configured for your project, its own isolated environment, managed from Telegram or web chat, persistent memory of your projects, access to a hub of models for images, video, voice and other specialised tasks, and support. It runs on your own AI subscription, which you connect yourself.

Are AI model subscriptions billed separately?

They are not billed by us at all. The agent thinks on a Claude Max subscription issued in your name: you pay Anthropic directly, with no margin from us, and the usage allowance is yours alone. On the Assisted and VIP plans we help you connect and set it up.

How much does a second agent cost?

$15 a month for every agent beyond the first: one agent is included in the plan, and without a capacity upgrade an account holds up to five; capacity packs raise that number. On VIP, 50 agents are included with no per-agent fee, and $15 is charged only for each agent beyond 50.

Can I connect my own ChatGPT or Claude subscription?

Your agent thinks on your own AI subscription, issued in your name. We recommend Claude Max: Max 20x works best; Max 5x also works, but its limit runs out four times sooner. You can also start with ChatGPT Pro or your own DeepSeek key; honestly, in agent work they reason a little weaker than Claude. You can connect several: the top one works, the next is the standby, and the agent switches to it automatically when a limit is hit. Details: which AI models the agent uses.

What if I want to stop?

Cancel from the dashboard in one click. No calls, no emails, no cancellation fee.

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