Simulated role play sessions cost $0.05-$0.10 each in the EducaSim deployment¶

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Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2029: local conditions change quickly

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q2 i? Using GPT 4.1-mini for text generation and Whisper-1 for transcription, per-session costs ranged from $0.05 to $0.10, with total hosting and API costs under $5 for 150 users. → Cameron Mohne 2026

Evidence¶

Cameron Mohne 2026¶

Cameron Mohne, Nicholas Vo, Dora Demszky, Chris Piech. (2026). EducaSim: Interactive Simulacra for CS1 Instructional Practice. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11444 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2603.11444

q2 · i? · design · r2

Cost accounting from the deployment's methodology section: the platform uses GPT 4.1-mini and Whisper-1, and "The cost-per-session currently can range from $0.05 - $0.10 depending on duration"; hosting and LLM API calls totaled less than $5 for 150 users at the time of writing.

"EducaSim utilizes GPT 4.1-mini and Whisper-1 for text generation and audio transcription respectively. The cost-per-session currently can range from $0.05 - $0.10 depending on duration."

Discussion¶

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