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GPU Inference TCO Calculator

The sticker price on GPUs is just the beginning. The real cost is 2–3× higher — see your full picture.

GPU cost is only part of the story. This calculator adds operations, wasted capacity, networking, and storage — then shows what you actually save with an inference control plane.

Infrastructure
GPUs
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Workload
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Operations & People
FTE
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3-Year Total Cost of Ownership
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Annual total cost
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Wasted GPU spend / yr
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All-in cost / 1M tokens
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3-yr savings w/ Paralleliq
Annual Cost Breakdown
Cost Category Annual (current) Annual (w/ Paralleliq) Change
3-Year TCO Comparison
Self-hosted (current)
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Self-hosted + Paralleliq
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Compute
Wasted capacity
Operations (people)
Networking + storage
Paralleliq fee
Paralleliq Payback Period
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Self-host vs. API Break-even
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* GPU pricing reflects on-demand public cloud rates; commitment discounts are approximate industry averages. Operations headcount and salary estimates are directional. Paralleliq savings assume 35% waste reduction and 40% ops time reduction based on early customer data. Actual results vary.