Reliability Regressions When Switching From OpenAI to Cheaper LLM Providers
Teams that move workloads from OpenAI to lower-cost inference providers such as Together, Fireworks, or DeepInfra report that structured outputs and tool calls become less reliable and that tail latency (p99) worsens on some days. This forces teams to add retry logic and a fallback path to a primary provider, eating into the anticipated cost savings.
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