LLM FinOps & Self-Hosting Breakeven Modeler
Decompose your monthly inference bill, simulate the four FinOps gateway levers, and find the exact month a dedicated vLLM GPU cluster pays back its deployment sprint.
Status Quo API (24-Mo)
$1,933,341
$28,958/mo in Month 1
FinOps Gateway Savings
$1,216,578
-63% immediate unit-cost drop
Sovereign vLLM Net Savings
-$2,696,540
Includes $42,000 deployment sprint
Self-Hosting Breakeven
> 24 Months
FinOps Gateway wins on pure cost
$3.00 / 1M input | $15.00 / 1M output (supersedes deprecated Claude 3.5 Sonnet)
Qwen3.8 / Llama-4-Maverick / DeepSeek V4 FP8 with PagedAttention
24-Month Cumulative TCO Trajectory
Where dedicated GPUs cross the commercial API curve
The AI Cost Iceberg
Side-by-Side Architecture & Data-Boundary Comparison
| Dimension | Status Quo API | FinOps Gateway | Sovereign vLLM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month-1 Run Rate | $28,958 | $10,736 | $68,479 |
| Month-24 Monthly Rate | $170,023 | $63,034 | $399,493 |
| Upfront Engineering / CapEx | $0 | $15,000 Sprint | $42,000 Sprint |
| 24-Month Cumulative TCO | $1,933,341 | $716,762 | $4,629,881 |
| Sovereignty Ladder Rung | Rung 1-2 (Contract) | Rung 3 (Gateway) | Rung 4-5 (Weights) |
Board-Ready Financial Artifact
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