Observed arrival · 2026-11-10
Rigprobe’s field notes on low-cost LLM APIs
A Japanese-language site publishes hands-on measurements of local LLMs, GPUs, and low-cost cloud LLM APIs, alongside data and scripts for reproducing its figures.
- For
- Developers evaluating low-cost LLM APIs
- Worth noticing
- It warns that results across the five providers are not a performance ranking because the test conditions differ.
Field notes
The page separates measured values from official specifications and marks unresolved points as unverified. It says tables are generated from API responses or saved JSON/CSV, with scripts published; API keys, tokens, passwords, and local paths are removed. The November 2–8 snapshot includes status codes, tool-calling, streaming, agent checks, and billing details, while cautioning that results across five providers are not directly comparable under differing test conditions.
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