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Self-Host an LLM on a Rented GPU or Pay per Token? A Break-Even Calculator (2026)

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Self-hosting on a rented GPU is cheaper than a per-token API only when you keep the GPU busy: the break-even is the hourly GPU price divided by the API’s price per token, expressed as tokens you must actually generate and process every hour. Below that throughput the API wins; above it the GPU wi…

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  1. 2026-10-25 13:08 · DEV Community — AI
    Self-Host an LLM on a Rented GPU or Pay per Token? A Break-Even Calculator (2026)

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