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Self-Hosting & Hardware
Self-hosting is the control baseline every alternative gets measured against: which models fit which GPUs, what the ops burden really costs at scale, and how to harden an endpoint so it isn't one of the hundreds found open on the internet.
Start here: Self-Hosting vs Inference APIs in 2026: The Real Cost Math — DeAI's reference piece on this topic.
From Ollama to a Private Endpoint: Keep Privacy, Drop Ops (2026)
Move from self-hosted Ollama to a hosted private LLM endpoint with one config change — plus the security, zero-retention, and provider checks that matter.
Self-Hosting vs Inference APIs in 2026: The Real Cost Math
Is self-hosting an LLM cheaper than an API? It hinges on one number: your break-even token volume. Here is the cost framework and a worked example.
