Cheap Llm Inference Tide

Running large language models in production is expensive. Anyone who has managed a GPT-4 integration or tried to scale a custom Llama 3 deployment knows that token pricing adds up fast. But the search for cheap LLM inference is not about finding a single low-cost provider and calling it done. It is about understanding where costs come from and making smart trade-offs that keep latency acceptable while driving down per-request spend. Why Inference Costs Are So High The