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See what local AI would cost you

Enter what you pay for cloud AI today. We size a local setup for your workload and show you the month it pays for itself, or tell you it never does.

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Live example

€3,000
  • Cloud, cumulative
  • Local, cumulative
€30k€60k€90k€120k0122436Break-even · month 12
Cumulative cost over 36 months, cloud versus local
MonthCloud, cumulativeLocal, cumulativeDifference
0€0€30,100−€30,100
3€9,000€31,273−€22,273
6€18,000€32,446−€14,446
9€27,000€33,619−€6,619
12€36,000€34,792€1,208
15€45,000€35,965€9,035
18€54,000€37,138€16,862
21€63,000€38,310€24,690
24€72,000€39,483€32,517
27€81,000€40,656€40,344
30€90,000€41,829€48,171
33€99,000€43,002€55,998
36€108,000€44,175€63,825
Sized setup
1× Workstation 2x RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q
Upfront cost
€30,100
Over 36 months
€63,825 less than cloud
Verdict
Strong case: switch now

Example with default assumptions: around-the-clock use, mid-size models, no growth. Your own numbers will differ.

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Prices as of
17 Sep 2026
Hardware configurations
11
Cloud plans priced
24
Location
Munich, Germany

From your invoice to a decision

Three steps

  1. 01

    Enter your costs

    Your cloud AI plans and what you pay for them each month. Net amounts from your invoice.

    From the form

  2. 02

    Get a sized setup

    Hardware matched to your peak load and the model class your work needs, priced from a dated catalogue.

    From the report

    Recommended setup

    1× Workstation 2x RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q Workstation

    • Sized for today at up to 70 concurrent users
    • Runs mid-class open-weight models (e.g. Qwen 3.x 32B, Llama 3.3 70B)
    • €30,100 net one-time · hardware €27,100 + setup €3,000
    • Single unit; temporary cloud failover during outages

    Estimated price, quote required

    Open-weight models in this class handle everyday chat, coding and document tasks well; frontier-only tasks may still need cloud.

    Example with default assumptions: around-the-clock use, mid-size models, no growth. Your own numbers will differ.

  3. 03

    See the payback

    Break-even month, total cost over the period, and the assumptions behind both on a slider you can move.

    From the report

    • Cloud, cumulative
    • Local, cumulative
    €30k€60k€90k€120k0122436Break-even · month 12
    Cumulative cost over 36 months, cloud versus local
    MonthCloud, cumulativeLocal, cumulativeDifference
    0€0€30,100−€30,100
    3€9,000€31,273−€22,273
    6€18,000€32,446−€14,446
    9€27,000€33,619−€6,619
    12€36,000€34,792€1,208
    15€45,000€35,965€9,035
    18€54,000€37,138€16,862
    21€63,000€38,310€24,690
    24€72,000€39,483€32,517
    27€81,000€40,656€40,344
    30€90,000€41,829€48,171
    33€99,000€43,002€55,998
    36€108,000€44,175€63,825

    Example with default assumptions: around-the-clock use, mid-size models, no growth. Your own numbers will differ.

Honest by design

It can tell you no.

Small teams on cheap seat plans usually should not buy hardware. When that is the answer, the report says it in the first line rather than burying it.

Sized from a dated catalogue

Three classes of machine

  • Fig. 1 · Workstation 1x RTX PRO 6000 Workstation Ed.

    Workstation

    From €17,250

    • 3 configurations in this class
    • Fits up to 32 concurrent chat streams on mid-size models
    • Estimated price, quote required

  • Fig. 2 · Mac Studio M5 Max 128GB/1TB

    Desktop machine

    From €5,200

    • 5 configurations in this class
    • Fits up to 4 concurrent chat streams on mid-size models
    • List price, 17 Sep 2026

  • Fig. 3 · Server 8x RTX PRO 6000 Server Ed. 5U

    Rack server

    From €133,000

    • 3 configurations in this class
    • Fits up to 400 concurrent chat streams on mid-size models
    • Estimated price, quote required
See every configuration, priced and dated

Three ways to pay for AI

Cloud seat plan, cloud API, or local

Cloud seat plan, cloud API, or local
Cloud seat plan, cloud API, or localCloud seat planCloud APILocal
You payPer seat, per monthPer million tokensHardware once, electricity monthly
Cost grows withPeopleUsagePeak load only
Data processedIn the provider's cloudIn the provider's cloudIn your building
Priced in this analysis21 plans3 plans11 machines

Plan prices are provider list prices as of 17 Sep 2026. Hardware prices are net and dated per configuration.

Three ways to run open and commercial models together

Privacy

Your data stays in your building

  1. Prompts, files and chat history are processed on hardware you own.

  2. You set the retention period, not a provider's policy.

  3. There is no third-country transfer to document in your data protection assessment.

Physical security, access control and backups become your responsibility. That is the part we take over.

Read the privacy guide

Before you decide

  • Local vs cloud LLM cost in 2026

    Cloud token prices have fallen hard since 2023, and most AI bills have still gone up. This guide separates the three effects and shows where local hardware actually wins.

    3 min read
  • Hardware for local LLMs

    Three classes of machine cover almost every team: a desktop, a multi GPU workstation, and a rack server. This guide says which size fits which workload and what each one costs to run.

    3 min read
  • Private AI and GDPR

    You delete your chats. The provider deletes them too, after thirty days. Then a court order arrives and the logs are kept anyway.

    3 min read

Munich

48.1351° N, 11.5820° E

Based in Munich

We install and maintain the hardware in your office. Your data stays in your building, which is a different claim from a cloud provider's data residency promise.

What we do

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The analysis takes a few minutes and ends with a number, not a sales call.

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