Cost & Capacity Planning
What’s the difference between model and execution layer costs for agent workloads?
The core difference between model and execution layer costs for agent workloads is defined by their distinct underlying cost drivers. Model layer costs stem from inference calls, scaling with the total volume of agent requests, while execution layer costs tie to workflow orchestration, durable task tracking, retries and long-running workflow compute and maintenance. Some execution costs may overlap with model hosting if workflows run on shared underlying infrastructure.
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