AI Agent Data Retention / Audit Log Cost Calculator
Estimate monthly cost to store, archive, query, and export AI agent audit logs, conversation history, PII/PHI logs, and compliance telemetry.
Scenario presets
Pick a preset to load default assumptions, then adjust them below.
Inputs
Share of requests that store a full conversation history.
Share of events that need PII/PHI scanning.
Storage pricing ($/GB/month)
Query & ingest costs
Monthly cost estimate
Total all-in monthly retention cost
Projected cost
Total cost over the projection period
Assumes constant volume; in practice, storage grows until retention caps are reached.
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Frequently asked questions
What does this calculator estimate? ▼
Monthly and projected cost for AI agent audit logging and data retention: log ingestion, hot/warm/archive storage, queries, exports, backups, PII scanning, and engineering/compliance labor.
Which retention rules does it cover? ▼
It includes preset profiles for GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, and CCPA-style retention ranges from 6 months up to 7 years. You can override every month and cost assumption.
How are conversation histories costed separately from audit events? ▼
Audit events are small structured telemetry records. Conversation histories include prompts, outputs, and tool results. The calculator applies the conversation retention rate to monthly requests and a separate per-conversation size estimate.
What counts as hot, warm, and archive storage? ▼
Hot storage is live and frequently queried. Warm storage is searched occasionally at a higher per-query cost. Archive is cold long-term retention, cheap to store but expensive to query or restore.
Does the tool include backups? ▼
Yes. It adds a backup copy stored at object-storage rates for the selected backup retention period.