Open Weights vs. Closed APIs
Compare open-weight and closed API models on cost, privacy, control and real operational burden. Free, one sitting.
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What open weights actually means
Licences, access and what you receive.
What a closed API gives you
Convenience and its conditions.
The capability gap today
How close open models have come.
Framing it as a decision
The three questions that settle it.
Ideology versus practice
Separating preference from analysis.