Cost-per-use calculator API

Divide total cost of ownership (price + upkeep) by total uses over a period to give a true cost-per-use plus a value rating. Answers 'cost per use of a $1200 bike used twice a week', 'is this worth it per use', 'true cost per wear of a jacket'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/calc/budget-cost-per-use

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit120/minute

CacheNo cache

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API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/calc/budget-cost-per-use

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "price": 1200,
  "usesPerPeriod": 2,
  "periods": 52
}

Example response

{
  "price": 1200,
  "totalUses": 104,
  "totalCost": 1200,
  "costPerUse": 11.54,
  "rating": "fair value",
  "breakdown": {
    "upfront": 1200,
    "upkeep": 0,
    "usesPerPeriod": 2,
    "periods": 52
  }
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "price",
    "usesPerPeriod"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "price": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Upfront price in dollars",
      "examples": [
        1200
      ]
    },
    "usesPerPeriod": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Uses per period",
      "examples": [
        2
      ]
    },
    "periods": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of periods (default 1)",
      "examples": [
        52
      ]
    },
    "upkeepPerPeriod": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Upkeep cost per period in dollars"
    }
  }
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}