{
  "id": 16170617,
  "title": "Bedrock vs Self-Hosted LLMs on EKS: The Break-Even Math",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/bedrock-vs-self-hosted-llms-on-eks-the-break-even-math",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-23T09:51:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/evgeny_anikiev/bedrock-vs-self-hosted-llms-on-eks-the-break-even-math-5627"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "To determine when self-hosted LLMs on EKS become cheaper than Amazon Bedrock, you need to analyze the costs based on tokens processed and the availability of GPUs. The key factors are the per-token prices for Bedrock and the per-hour prices for self-hosted models, along with the required token processing rates to break even.",
  "summary": "When do your own GPUs beat Amazon Bedrock for the same open-weight model? Official AWS prices, the tokens per second you need to break even, and the Karpenter and vLLM config to test it. By Evgeny Anikiev, AWS-certified DevOps engineer with 10+ years running build automation, CI/CD, and Kubernetes in production. Prices pulled from the AWS Price List API on October 23, 2026 (US East, N. Virginia,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "Choosing between managed services and self-hosted infrastructure forces developers to weigh per-token convenience against the fixed hourly costs of maintaining dedicated GPU resources on EKS.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}