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Local vs API cost estimator

ESTIMATE · last verified 2026-09-11

At your monthly token volume, rough API list price vs local electricity — optional hardware amortize. Quality and latency are not priced here.

Monthly input tokens Monthly output tokens

Helper · msgs/day → monthly tokens

Msgs / day Avg in tokens Avg out tokens

API $ / 1M input tokens API $ / 1M output tokens

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Presets are illustrative placeholders — re-verify current list prices yourself.

Electricity ($ / kWh) Watts while generating (ESTIMATE) Hours / month generating (ESTIMATE) Amortize GPU purchase (optional — default off)

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API $ / month (ESTIMATE)

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Disclosure: Not financial advice. API prices change. Local quality, latency, ops time, and failure modes are not priced here. Prefer your own meter readings for watts and hours.

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