Hosting AI Models: Local vs. Cloud vs. Hybrid

[ayushin]

"I would be interested in integrating https://localai.io/ + https://docs.openwebui.com/ ... It may be interesting to explore the power of RAG's." – @Tardo

Choosing the right hosting approach is critical. Cloud models offer powerful capabilities but come with privacy concerns, while local models improve control but require infrastructure.

The current setup via configurable providers (API types - openAI, anthropic, etc) allow you to configure base API URL and in addition support LiteLLM which can proxy request to pretty much any model hosted locally or in the cloud.

• Could a hybrid model be the best approach?
• How do we efficiently manage compute costs while maintaining high performance? (LiteLLM?)
• What are the best ways to optimize AI hosting for Odoo workflows?