Build-vs-buy break-even

Also: build vs buy · self-host break-even

The build-vs-buy break-even is the usage volume — typically tokens or events per day — at which self-hosting a model on your own hardware becomes cheaper than paying a hosted API per token. Below it, rent; above it, owning amortizes. Mintok’s sizing report computes it from real chip specs, prices, and your workload.

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