What are the realistic infrastructure costs for scaling LLM inference in house compared to using managed API providers like OpenAI or Anthropic
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What are the realistic infrastructure costs for scaling LLM inference in house compared to using managed API providers like OpenAI or Anthropic
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2026 GPU cloud H100 hourly pricing on-demand reserved AWS Azure Google Cloud Lambda Labs RunPodGoogle ↗
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OpenAI API pricing 2026 GPT models input output tokens official pricingGoogle ↗
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Anthropic API pricing 2026 Claude models input output tokens official pricingGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
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Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
2026 GPU cloud H100 hourly pricing on-demand reserved AWS Azure Google Cloud Lambda Labs RunPod Google ↗
OpenAI API pricing 2026 GPT models input output tokens official pricing Google ↗
Anthropic API pricing 2026 Claude models input output tokens official pricing Google ↗
- Pricing · developers.openai.com
- Anthropic List Prices · www-cdn.anthropic.com
- Cloud GPU Pricing: AWS vs Azure vs GCP vs CloudRift (2026) · cloudrift.ai
- GPU prices: H100, H200, B200 cost per hour, by cloud · stackpath.ie
- GPU Rental Cost 2026 · gpu.consulting
Queries
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| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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2026 GPU cloud H100 hourly pricing on-demand reserved AWS Azure Google Cloud Lambda Labs RunPod OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
OpenAI API pricing 2026 GPT models input output tokens official pricing OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Anthropic API pricing 2026 Claude models input output tokens official pricing OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |