Local vs Cloud AI in 2026: When Each One Saves Money (and When It Doesn’t)
Running LLMs locally vs cloud APIs has tradeoffs. We analyzed real costs across volumes from hobbyist to enterprise. Here’s the breakeven math.
Running LLMs locally vs cloud APIs has tradeoffs. We analyzed real costs across volumes from hobbyist to enterprise. Here’s the breakeven math.
Claude and OpenAI APIs are the two dominant LLM APIs. Pricing has shifted in 2025-2026. We analyzed real costs across different workloads. Here’s which wins where.
The top open-weight models in 2026 — Llama 4, Mistral Large 3, Qwen 3 — now approach frontier-class quality. We benchmarked them on identical tasks. Here’s what wins.
Apple Silicon Macs run frontier-class open-weight LLMs at usable speeds. We benchmarked 6 models on M2/M3/M4 Macs. Here’s what runs well, and at what cost.
We ran Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5, and Gemini 3 Pro through 24 identical tasks across writing, reasoning, coding, and math. Here’s the leaderboard and the dimension breakdown.