Self-Hosted LLM or API: A Practical TCO Model for Engineering Teams
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Self-Hosted LLM or API: A Practical TCO Model for Engineering Teams A GPU quote and a price per million tokens do not answer the same question. A self-hosted model also needs capacity, upgrades, observability, security, backup, and engineering ownership. An API moves much of that infrastructure out…
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Self-Hosted LLM or API: A Practical TCO Model for Engineering Teams