Ækora Blog https://aekora.com/blog Guides on local document models, GDPR-compliant document AI, and the cost of OpenAI versus on-prem — written by Ækora (aekora.com). en-gb Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT Local LLM vs OpenAI: the real cost crossover for document processing https://aekora.com/blog/local-llm-vs-openai-cost https://aekora.com/blog/local-llm-vs-openai-cost Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT A September 2026 cost model for invoice-style pages: when a local GPU undercuts GPT-4.1 and Claude Sonnet — and when the cloud API is still cheaper. Clearing a 40,000-invoice AP backlog with local models: a worked example https://aekora.com/blog/clearing-ap-invoice-backlog-local-models https://aekora.com/blog/clearing-ap-invoice-backlog-local-models Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT A worked example of clearing an AI invoice backlog: 40,000 supplier invoices on local models — triage, schema, a 200-invoice pilot, validation, ERP delivery. Sizing a GPU for document processing: memory class, card count and cost at 25,000, 100,000 and 500,000 pages a month https://aekora.com/blog/gpu-sizing-document-processing https://aekora.com/blog/gpu-sizing-document-processing Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:00:00 GMT How to size a GPU for document processing: 24, 48 and 80 GB classes, a pages-per-hour formula, and buy-vs-rent costs in euros at 25k to 500k pages a month. The hybrid AI stack: local models for 95% of your documents, frontier APIs for the exceptions https://aekora.com/blog/hybrid-ai-stack-local-models-frontier-apis https://aekora.com/blog/hybrid-ai-stack-local-models-frontier-apis Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT How a hybrid AI stack pairs local models with frontier APIs: the 95/5 split, €660 vs €1,100–1,800 a month at 100,000 pages, and rules for the 5% that leaves. Azure Document Intelligence and Textract alternatives for Europe: four options and when to switch https://aekora.com/blog/azure-document-intelligence-textract-alternatives-europe https://aekora.com/blog/azure-document-intelligence-textract-alternatives-europe Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT Azure Document Intelligence alternatives for Europe: EU-hosted APIs, open-weight models, managed pipelines and SaaS — and the page volumes where each one wins. Which workflows should run on local models? A four-axis scoring method for on-prem vs cloud AI https://aekora.com/blog/which-workflows-should-run-on-local-models https://aekora.com/blog/which-workflows-should-run-on-local-models Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT A scoring method for which workflows should run on a local LLM and when to use on-prem vs cloud AI: volume, sensitivity, stability and availability, 0–3 each. Invoice extraction at 100,000 pages a month: fixed cost per page versus per-token pricing https://aekora.com/blog/invoice-extraction-100k-pages-fixed-cost-vs-per-token https://aekora.com/blog/invoice-extraction-100k-pages-fixed-cost-vs-per-token Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT Invoice extraction cost per page at 100,000 pages a month: GPT-4.1, Claude Sonnet 5, a managed fixed-price pipeline and a DIY GPU, and what each leaves out. EU AI Act obligations for document processing: mostly minimal risk, with one Annex III trap https://aekora.com/blog/eu-ai-act-document-processing-obligations https://aekora.com/blog/eu-ai-act-document-processing-obligations Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT EU AI Act document processing rules, plainly: extraction is mostly not high-risk, what Art. 4, 5 and 26 still ask of deployers, and the Annex III trap. Stop paying OpenAI per invoice: a workflow-first method to reduce API costs https://aekora.com/blog/stop-paying-openai-per-invoice https://aekora.com/blog/stop-paying-openai-per-invoice Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT How to reduce OpenAI API costs without a model swap: inventory recurring workflows, measure tokens per unit, and route each to a local, mini or frontier model. Best local OCR and document models in 2026: seven compared, matched to the pages you actually process https://aekora.com/blog/best-local-ocr-document-models-2026 https://aekora.com/blog/best-local-ocr-document-models-2026 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT Best local OCR models 2026: Tesseract, PaddleOCR-VL, DeepSeek-OCR, Qwen3-VL, Gemma 4, Llama 4 Scout and Mistral OCR compared by task, license and GPU fit. GDPR-compliant document AI: the five obligations, and the two a local model removes https://aekora.com/blog/gdpr-compliant-document-ai https://aekora.com/blog/gdpr-compliant-document-ai Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:00:00 GMT What GDPR compliant document AI requires — lawful basis, a minimal schema, Art. 28 contracts, transfers, a DPIA — and which of those a local model removes. AI document processing with local models: a buyer’s guide for European teams https://aekora.com/blog/ai-document-processing-local-models-european-buyers-guide https://aekora.com/blog/ai-document-processing-local-models-european-buyers-guide Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT How European buyers choose AI document processing with local models: four deployment options compared, honest accuracy tests, cost at three volumes, GDPR questions. What is on-premise document AI? OCR and document models on hardware you control https://aekora.com/blog/what-is-on-premise-document-ai https://aekora.com/blog/what-is-on-premise-document-ai Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT On-premise document AI explained: what it is, how it differs from cloud document APIs and SaaS tools, what the stack costs per page, and when to choose it.