USE CASE
RAG pricing, with the economics visible.
Understand how retrieval volume, context assembly, and document complexity change the cost of a RAG product before packaging it.
The commercial problem
Retrieval can make a seemingly simple answer expensive through repeated searches, larger context windows, and downstream model work.
The economic mechanism
P90 maps retrieval and context behavior into the cost architecture, then compares the tail against the revenue unit customers understand.
A scenario worth modelling
A document assistant is profitable on short files but loses margin on large workspaces with repeated retrieval. Segment the behavior before setting an unlimited plan.
The p90 workflow
Configure retrieval and context inputs, connect telemetry, inspect cost and margin movement, then test plan limits or a hybrid model.
Product evidence
Context and retrieval cost inputs
Tail cost comparison
Power-user concentration
Pricing floor calculations