Toolkit visual · Infrastructure
Local model vs API break-even
Estimate where hardware ownership and cloud API usage cross over.
Change a value: the visual updates immediately.
How to use it
Turn the assumption into something visible.
Local is not “free”: amortization, energy and operations count. API cost is not just price per token: retries and multi-step workflows matter too.
① Deterministic formula② Reactive visual③ Local processing④ Exportable