Understanding Ask AI Session Costs and Examples

Understanding Ask AI Session Costs

Ask AI is a powerful tool that can handle a wide range of tasks, from generating simple content to executing complex, multi-step workflows that may involve approvals, asset creation, and platform actions. Since Ask AI uses a usage-based pricing model, the cost of each session depends on factors like the complexity of your request, the number of AI operations performed, and any artifacts or actions generated during the session.

How Ask AI Sessions Work

Each Ask AI session consists of one or more conversational exchanges where the AI analyzes your request, plans steps, gathers information, generates content, performs supported platform actions, and may request approvals when needed. Sessions are billed based on the actual work done, not just the number of prompts you send. Common session activities include:

• Understanding your initial request
• Asking guided questions to collect additional details
• Retrieving data from the CRM or external sources
• Planning multi-step workflows
• Creating content or digital assets
• Rendering structured outputs like tables or approval cards
• Executing supported actions within the CRM
• Requesting user approval before making changes

More intricate workflows typically require more processing and result in higher session costs.

Ask AI Pricing Options

Ask AI offers two primary pricing models to suit different usage needs:

AI Employee Plan

This subscription includes Ask AI as part of a broader AI Employee package, offering unlimited access within the plan's included usage and feature limits.

Pay Per Use

With this model, you pay only for the AI resources consumed during each session. Costs vary based on:

• The number of reasoning steps required
• Workflow complexity
• Content generation volume
• Creation of images, charts, diagrams, or structured artifacts
• External data retrieval
• Platform actions performed
• Approval workflows involved

Simple tasks like drafting content usually cost less than multi-step automations that generate assets and update platform data.

Example: Product Import and Currency Update

This example shows how Ask AI can handle a product import task involving multiple coordinated actions.

Overview

A user requested to pull products from an external Shopify store, add them to their CRM location, and match the product and location currencies.

How Ask AI Handled It

Ask AI retrieved the product catalog, identified product variants, verified pricing, checked the current location currency, prepared approval requests, and after approval, created the products, applied pricing, and updated the currency. The session included 15 conversational turns, 2 user messages, and several approval cards, costing $1.1757.

Example: Fitness Funnel and Email Template Creation

This example demonstrates Ask AI's ability to combine planning, discovery, and platform actions.

Overview

A user asked for a complete fitness coaching funnel, including a landing page, form, email follow-ups, and booking calendar.

How Ask AI Handled It

Ask AI used guided questions to collect business details, determined that some actions weren't available via API, created three email templates, and provided implementation guidance for the unsupported steps. The session involved 3 user messages, 3 platform actions, and cost $0.6992.

Example: Multi-Channel Event Campaign

This example highlights Ask AI's capability to manage complex marketing campaigns.

Overview

A user requested a full marketing campaign for an event, including content generation, asset creation, scheduling, and channel-specific preparations.

How Ask AI Handled It

Ask AI used guided questions before generating the campaign, created event banners, and coordinated multiple marketing elements. Specific cost details for this session were not provided in the source.

Factors Influencing Session Costs

Several elements can affect the total cost of an Ask AI session:

• Complexity and number of steps in the workflow
• Amount and type of content generated
• Use of external data retrieval
• Number of platform actions executed
• Approval processes required
• Rendering of structured artifacts like tables or cards

Understanding these factors can help you estimate and optimize your Ask AI usage.