Open-source alternative  ·  AI Local Inference

Replace OpenAI API with vLLM + Open Models.

OpenAI API: hosted inference

vLLM for high-throughput LLM serving with PagedAttention. Run open models (Llama, Mistral, Qwen) on your own GPU servers. No per-token fees.

You'd keep~R44 400 to ~R222 000/year

Current licence  ·  AI Local Inference

OpenAI API

~R44 400 – ~R222 000/yr

10-user estimate

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vLLM + Open Models

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R222 000/yr

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Today's licence price

2 tiers. OpenAI API (hosted inference)'s prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Typical usage (small team)

R44 400/yr

R3 700/month

With vLLM + Open Models

Keep R44 400/yr

Heavy usage

R222 000/yr

R18 500/month

With vLLM + Open Models

Keep R222 000/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

OpenAI API grows around 10% per year on average. vLLM + Open Models hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR98kR197kR295kR393kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R358kR22k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R1.58M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

OpenAI API (hosted inference)vLLM + Open Models, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

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