How I Built a Production AI Chatbot for $20/month Using Open Source Tools
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Generative AI
How I Built a Production AI Chatbot for $20/month Using Open Source Tools When I started building AI features for my SaaS product, the math didn't work. OpenAI's API costs were eating 40% of my revenue. A single popular feature using GPT-4 could cost $500+ monthly when scaled across my user base. I knew there had to be a better way. After six months of experimentation, I built a production chatbot that handles 50,000+ monthly API calls for roughly $20/month. Not a typo.