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Compare total cost of ownership for local inference vs. cloud APIs.

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Cloud vs Local: ROI Calculator

Real API pricing (April 2026). Choose cloud model and local hardware to compare.

Scenario

Cloud Model (API)

Local Hardware

AI queries / month

100 5,000 50K

Avg tokens / query

100 500 4K

Months of use

6 36 60 (5yr)

Hours saved / week

0 10h 40h

Time your team saves with AI

Employee hourly cost (EUR)

EUR 10 EUR 25 EUR 80

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Electricity cost (EUR/kWh)

EUR 0.25

Spain avg 2026: EUR 0.25/kWh

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ChatGPT Plus EUR 18/mo —

Claude Pro EUR 18/mo —

Gemini Advanced EUR 22/mo —

Copilot Pro EUR 18/mo —

Sources & calculation assumptions

API pricing: AgentOps/tokencost (GitHub), verified April 2026

Input/output ratio: 60% input, 40% output (typical for chat/RAG)

Electricity: configurable (default EUR 0.25/kWh, Spain average)

Hardware: purchase price + monthly electricity. No support or maintenance.

Conversion: $1 = EUR 0.92

Methodology: TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) comparing cloud cost (API tokens) vs local cost (hardware + electricity + optional support).

Alternative: Rent cloud GPU

Lambda Labs A100 80GB $1.29/hr 80GB VRAM

RunPod A100 80GB $1.19/hr 80GB VRAM

Vast.ai RTX 4090 $0.35/hr 24GB VRAM

Vast.ai RTX 3090 $0.2/hr 24GB VRAM

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