How much does an AI environment really cost?
The first episode of “Four questions before choosing an AI environment” shows the full cost calculation: model, infrastructure, maintenance and skills.
The first offer for an AI solution rarely shows the system's full cost. Usually, we see the price of the model, tokens or licence. Yet infrastructure, maintenance, team skills, implementation time and the potential cost of changing providers also determine the final bill
What does an AI environment really cost?
This is the subject of the first episode of “Four questions before choosing an AI environment”. In four short materials, we examine decisions worth making before an organisation commits to a particular technology or provider:
- What does it really cost?
- Where are the organisation's data, code and competitive advantage?
- Do you receive compliance as a ready-made framework, or must you build it as a separate project?
- Will you still be free to change the model, provider or way of working in two years?
We do not compare price lists. We show mechanisms that matter whether you build your own environment, use a subscription or combine both approaches. Each episode ends with questions worth asking every AI environment provider — including us
Four layers of cost
In the first episode, we break the cost of an AI environment into four layers — model, infrastructure, maintenance and skills — and show why the easiest item to price rarely determines the final bill. We also demonstrate PROXY:AI: cost control from user to model, and limits set before costs are incurred
Cost worksheet
The material includes a worksheet to compare the options you are considering over three years. It is worth completing for each option — including ours
If you are planning to implement AI or analysing providers' offers, start with the full calculation — before the cost appears on an invoice
Four questions before choosing an AI environment
- What does an AI environment really cost?
- Where are your data, your code and your competitive advantage?
- Do you receive compliance as a ready-made framework, or must you build it as a separate project?
- Will you still be free to change the model, provider or way of working in two years?
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