COST OPTIMIZATION

Everything in the Alpaca Mango archives filed under #cost-optimization.

• doc-008

  ALTERNATIVE MID-TIER CLOUD LLM PROVIDERS

  16 Mar 2026

  Cost-effective alternatives to MiniMax and OpenAI: DeepSeek V3.2, Qwen 3.5, and Kimi K2.5 evaluated for value, capabilities, and data residency.

  • #ai
  • #cloud
  • #cost-optimization

  Authored by: El Capitano. S. RobinsonREAD DOC — ALTERNATIVE MID-TIER CLOUD LLM PROVIDERS