AI Agent Cost Comparison: Self-Hosted vs API Costs

AI Agent Cost Comparison: Self-Hosted vs API Costs

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AI Agent Cost Comparison: Self-Hosted vs API Costs

|:----|:---------------------:|:---------------------:| | GPT-4o | 25 | 100 | | Claude 4 Sonnet | 30 | 150 | | DeepSeek V3 | 1 | 2 | || 5 | 20 | | Gemini 2.5 Flash | 0.5 | 3 |

def calculate_roi(hardware_cost, monthly_api_cost):
    """Deployment"""
    roi_months = hardware_cost / monthly_api_cost
    total_savings = monthly_api_cost * 12 - hardware_cost
    return {
        "": round(roi_months, 1),
        "12": f"{max(0, int(total_savings))}" if total_savings > 0
        else f"{int(total_savings)}"
    }

# API500
print(calculate_roi(7000, 500))
# -> 14
# API2000
print(calculate_roi(7000, 2000))
# -> 3.5

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