It's not 135$.
sparse_neuron
joined 1 year ago
Probably referring to free open-source software and not just free to download.
There is a one time purchase option. The subscription is for features that need additional cloud services.
What do you mean by "stay alive"? LLMs are statistical models that require a lot of number crunching in order to output a response. That's not something you can just host without some major costs associated (Far more than any single Fediverse instance for sure, GPUs are not cheap to rent).