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Open models or commercial APIs?
A decision guide for enterprise AI teams. Work out, one workload at a time, whether to run open models yourself, use a managed service or buy a commercial API.
What’s inside
A four-step method
Set the must-haves, test on real work, cost the finished task and decide who runs it.
Three cost examples
Including why a lower token price can still mean a higher bill.
Data and sovereignty checks
What to ask about residency, retention and access, with an Australian example (OAIC and CPS 230).
A 30-day evaluation plan
Plus a one-page decision worksheet you can use for each workload.