What will EU AI Act compliance cost you?

It depends on three numbers only you know: how many AI systems you have, how many hours each one takes you and your hourly cost. Type them below and the page multiplies them, with every formula on the page. It assumes nothing and fills in no default. Complipath (complipath.io) helps with the first number: the free readiness review lists the AI systems your public pages describe.

Your three numbers

Number of AI systems Each use counts as its own system: the same tool used for two purposes is two. Hours per system Your own estimate of the work per system: classifying it, documenting it and following up what it owes. Or the hours per questionnaire, if that is what you are pricing. Cost per hour A consultant's hourly rate or your own team's internal rate, in any currency.

Type all three numbers, each zero or more, to see the result.

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The formulas

• Total hours = number of AI systems × hours per system
• Total cost = total hours × cost per hour

What the hours are for

• Classifying each system: whether it is prohibited under Article 5, high-risk under Article 6 and Annex III or Annex I, or carries an Article 50 transparency duty.
• For a provider of a high-risk system: the technical documentation under Article 11 and Annex IV, the quality management system under Article 17 and the conformity assessment under Article 43.
• For a deployer of a high-risk system: the duties in Article 26.
• For every provider and deployer: the AI literacy measures under Article 4, as replaced by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744.

What the calculator does not do

• It does not know your hours or your rate. Every number in the result is one you typed.
• It does not compare the result with any price, ours included. It does not say what anything saves.
• It counts systems, not risk: a minimal-risk system and a high-risk one take very different hours, so price them separately if you can.