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George Pu Finds Open-Source Qwen Model Can Replace Costly ElevenLabs Subscription
George Pu says he nearly paid 330 dollars a month for ElevenLabs to narrate his blog, but found the open-source Qwen 3.5 14B model runs well on his laptop for the cost of electricity. He argues many AI subscriptions are a UI over free models.
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Almost signed up for ElevenLabs to narrate my blog. $330/month.
Then I tried running an open-source model on my own laptop. Qwen 3.5 14B.
Sounds fine. 200 posts a month. Costs me electricity.
I almost paid $4,000 a year to rent a model I can run myself.
Most AI subscriptions right now are just a nice UI on top of something free.
Then I tried running an open-source model on my own laptop. Qwen 3.5 14B.
Sounds fine. 200 posts a month. Costs me electricity.
I almost paid $4,000 a year to rent a model I can run myself.
Most AI subscriptions right now are just a nice UI on top of something free.
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