LLM Cost Calculator: API vs Self-Hosting

At what point does running your own GPU beat paying per token? Enter your volume and prices — get the monthly cost each way and the break-even point. You supply the prices, so the math reflects your real rates.

Monthly volume

Input tokens / month (millions) Output tokens / month (millions)

API prices (per 1M tokens, your rate)

Input price $ / 1M Output price $ / 1M

Self-hosting cost $ / month

GPU rental, or hardware cost spread over its life, plus power/ops if you want to include them.

API — monthly

$—

Self-hosting — monthly

$—

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