Tag: agent-infrastructure
Managed AI agents and the cost crossover nobody calculates
Anthropic managed agents bill $0.08 per session-hour, and everyone races to compare that to a cheap VM. The comparison misses the point. Runtime is a rounding error next to tokens, and the operations bill decides the rest. Here is where self-hosting an AI agent actually starts to pay, with the real 2026 numbers.
Self-hosted vs managed AI agents is a governance call
The choice between self-hosted and managed AI agents gets treated as build versus buy, a cost question. It is not. It is a governance decision about where your data goes, what you can audit, and whether you can leave. Here is what each path gives you and how to decide.