The Showdown
OpenAI GPT-4vsM1-Research-Project-Report
Why pay monthly fees for OpenAI GPT-4 when you can self-host M1-Research-Project-Report for free? Let's look at the facts.
VS
OpenAI GPT-4
The Expensive Option
- Closed Source (Black box)
- Expensive monthly fees per user
- Data stored on their servers
WINNER
M1-Research-Project-Report
The Freedom Choice
- 100% Open Source Code
- Free forever (Self-hosted)
- You own your data completely
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Estimated Annual Waste
$1,440
Monthly Burn Rate$120
5-Year Projection$7,200
Cost with Self-Hosted$0
Calculations based on 10 users at $12/mo.
Detailed Breakdown
0
Quadratic O(N²)
Linear O(N)
1
Token limited
Extremely long
2
High GPU demand
Low inference cost