What does cloud AI actually cost? (And what would you save?)
Plug in your real volume. See the cloud bill, your Hybrig electricity bill, and the delta — using the same per-render rates the dashboard meter uses once you’re signed in.
Or start with a preset
Your usage
Your monthly bill
Cloud cost
$15.00/mo
on Seedance fast / lite
Hybrig cost (electricity)
$0.13/mo
your GPU, your power bill
Annual savings: $178/year
99% cheaper than cloud
Honest caveats: Hybrig requires a gaming GPU — 8 GB VRAM minimum, 12 GB+ recommended. See /hardware. Electricity assumes 350 W average draw at $0.15 / kWh and ~3 minutes of compute per video render — sanity-check against your local rate. First-time setup downloads ~50 GB of models to your drive (one-time). Voice cloning still routes to ElevenLabs (~$22/mo Creator) — local TTS isn’t there yet, so the “voice” tool above shows $0 Hybrig cost for the cloning step but you’ll still pay ElevenLabs for the underlying voice model. Cloud rates marked [verify] are placeholder estimates — check the live provider price before quoting. Match cost data: src/app/api/credit-usage/route.ts and src/lib/pricing.ts.