$299.00
GPU PM
Test 2 cheaper models against your current API
For founders and developers paying for a text-model API and wondering whether a cheaper model could do the same job. I test your current model against two lower-cost candidates, including open models where suitable, on 50 examples from one task. You receive measured results, the regressions that matter, and runnable comparison code. If no candidate meets your agreed requirements, you get the evidence to keep your current model.
What you get
- A comparison of your current model and two lower-cost candidates on 50 supplied examples for one text task: classification, structured extraction or short summarization.
- Scoring rules agreed before testing, using your expected answers or acceptance rubric. Automated and model-judged scores are identified separately.
- Pass rates, observed API response times, token costs and cost per passing result under the stated checks.
- A manual review of 10 agreed examples across all three models, highlighting important regressions.
- A short recommendation: switch, run a larger test, or keep the current model.
- Raw outputs, results CSV and a Python script with the tested prompts and configuration. Where a candidate passes, its API example is included.
- Up to $15 of test API usage included. One clarification round within seven calendar days of delivery.
Scope:
- Supported hosted APIs: OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI (Grok), and selected providers serving open models. Model availability and compatibility with your task are confirmed before testing.
- up to 2,000 input tokens and 500 output tokens per example, with reasoning budgets constrained where supported.
- no self-hosted GPU performance claims.
Contact us before ordering if your models or task may exceed these limits.
Output format
PDF, CSV, JSON, Python ZIP
What to include
- Your current model/provider, prompt and task description.
- 50 representative, non-sensitive examples in CSV or JSON, with expected outputs or a clear acceptance rubric. Identify your 10 most important examples.
- Required output format and the errors you cannot accept.
- Current API rates and representative monthly usage, if you want projected savings.
- Two candidate models, or permission for me to select supported alternatives within the test allowance.
- Confirmation that the examples may be processed by the selected hosted providers. Do not send passwords or API keys through the order form.
You can paste brief inputs into the request or provide a readable file link. Testing starts once the examples, options and scoring rules are complete.
Expected completion
5 business days
Not included
Production integration, self-hosting, GPU rental, fine-tuning, autonomous agents, tool use, image/audio tasks, long-context testing, ongoing monitoring or unlimited prompt optimization. No guaranteed savings or equivalent quality outside the tested examples. Customer-specific private endpoints and proprietary model installations are excluded. Creating or labeling your evaluation dataset is not included.