I did the math on renting a model vs running one at home. The break-even was embarrassing.
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A few months back my team lead asked why I run a local model at all when "the cloud stuff is basically free." It's a fair question until you actually add it up, and I'd never done the math. So I did. Start with the subscription. The chat model we were paying for came to about $20 a month per seat.…
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- 2026-09-03 01:32 · DEV Community — AI
I did the math on renting a model vs running one at home. The break-even was embarrassing.