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TCO, break-even, cloud vs on-prem.

cost·Jun 26, 2026·6 min

Self-hosted vs API: the actual math at 1M / 10M / 100M tokens/month

API pricing is per-token and scales linearly. On-prem cost is mostly fixed. The crossover depends on usage, but it's lower than most people think. Here's the math at three usage tiers, with assumptions disclosed.

cost·Jun 26, 2026·6 min

Break-even analysis: when on-prem GPUs beat reserved cloud

Cloud GPU rental at $1.50-3/hr looks expensive on paper. Owning an H100 looks expensive on the invoice. The crossover depends on utilization more than anything else — here's the math, with caveats.