Balancing Cost, Performance, and Availability for GenAI
⚖️ This guide from Google Cloud outlines infrastructure options to manage generative AI costs without compromising performance or availability. It compares Pay-as-You-Go, Priority PayGo, Provisioned Throughput, Batch API, and Flex PayGo, explaining tiers, headers for request control, and SLAs. Practical recommendations show combining PT for baseload, Priority PayGo for spikes, and opportunistic PayGo or Batch/Flex for non‑critical work. Monitoring and cost‑sizing guidance is included.
