AI DIRECTORY / TIPPING POINT
Managed cloud vs self-hosted GPUs
The Tipping Point Simulator
Every enterprise has this fight: keep paying per-token API fees, or rent raw GPUs and run open-source models? There is an exact volume where the lines cross. Plot yours — the math runs locally, nothing is uploaded.
Your workload
Self-hosted assumptions
Self-host line steps upward each time volume forces another GPU. 730 hr/month.
Where the lines cross
Per-token API
Self-hosted GPUs (stepped)
Break-even