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💰 What a Machine Learning Project Really Costs

An interactive 3D cost-tower chart breaking down what a machine learning project really costs across data, compute, talent, tooling, integration and maintenance.

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A 3D cost-tower chart breaking a machine learning project's budget into its real spending categories, showing how build-versus-buy decisions, hidden costs and multi-year time horizons reshape the total.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Each bar tracks one cost category — data, compute, talent, tooling, integration, maintenance — with a translucent amber cap showing the commonly-underestimated "hidden cost" layer on top of the visible budget line.

🎮 How to Use

Pick a project size, toggle build-in-house versus buying a vendor platform, switch hidden costs on or off, and slide the time horizon to watch recurring costs compound into total cost of ownership. Click any bar to inspect its figure.

💡 Did You Know?

Data preparation and labeling, not model training, typically consume the largest share of real ML budgets — and post-launch maintenance often overtakes the original build cost within two years.

⚙ Under the hood

An interactive 3D cost-tower chart breaking down what a machine learning project really costs across data, compute, talent, tooling, integration and maintenance.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install