LLM Migration: GPT to Claude, Open Source
Migration strategy from OpenAI GPT-4 to Claude or open-source models. Cost reduction 40–60%, quality maintained or improved.
Migration Steps
- Audit current usage patterns
- Identify task-specific models
- Run parallel A/B tests
- Update prompts for new model
- Monitor quality metrics
- Full cutover
Cost Comparison
- GPT-4o: $30/$60 per 1M
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet: $3/$15 per 1M
- Llama 3.1 70B: $0.88/$0.88 per 1M
Timeline
- Analysis phase: 3–5 days
- Model testing: 1 week
- A/B testing: 1–2 weeks
- Full migration: 3–5 days







