Ya a lot of ppl don't realize you could spend 2k on a 5090 to run some of the large models.
Or spend 20 a month for models even a 5090 couldn't run. And not have to spend your own electricity, hardware, maintenance, updates etc.
Or spend 20 a month for models even a 5090 couldn't run. And not have to spend your own electricity, hardware, maintenance, updates etc.
This is why everyone needs to get every flavour and speedrun building all the tools they need when the infinite money faucets are turned off.
At some point companies will start raising prices or moving towards per-token pricing (Which is sustainable, but expensive).
And with that in mind, i definetly dont use more than a couple of bucks a month in API refils. (not that i really am a power user or anything)
So if you consider the 20 bucks to be balanced between poer and non power users, and with the existing rate limits, its probably not that far off being profitable, at least on the pure inference side.