1. A system for estimating a future cost of a grid job, said system comprising: a client system communicatively connected to a network, wherein said client system is enabled to submit a particular grid job to a grid provider that facilitates a grid environment for processing said particular grid job; said client system further comprising: means for calculating a ratio of an application based metric to a grid provider metric for said grid provider processing said particular grid job by: distributing a job microcosm of said particular grid job from said client system to said grid provider via a network for processing in said grid environment; and responsive to receiving a result of said job microcosm and a charge for processing said job microcosm based on a grid provider metric from said grid provider, calculating at said client system said ratio of said application based metric to said grid provider metric and identifying said cost per grid provider metric from said charge for processing said job microcosm; means for creating a table with an entry comparing said application based metric to a cost per grid provider metric for said grid provider with said ratio; means for storing said table with said entry for said particular grid job; means, responsive to said client system detecting a next grid job classified by said at least one application metric, for accessing said entry comprising said application based metric to said cost per grid provider metric for said grid provider with said radio; and means for calculating an estimated cost for said grid provider to process a next grid job based on a particular number of application based metric operations required for said next grid job translated by said ratio into said grid provider metric and multiplied by said cost per grid provider metric.