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SLM Feasibility & Savings

2–4 week paid assessment. Quality, $/year, go/no-go.

Before you commit to building, we take a sample of your actual workload, build a small model that handles it, and produce a written report with quality benchmarks vs. your current API, projected $/year savings at production volume, and a go/no-go recommendation. Most engagements pay back the assessment fee 50–100x in year one.

2–4 WK · FIXED FEE
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What's included

The whole vertical slice, not a fragment.

3 sections

What we measure

The numbers you actually need to make a build / buy / stay decision.

  • Quality on your real eval set vs. your current API
  • P50 / P95 / P99 latency at projected production volume
  • Cost per 1k requests at 1x, 10x, and 100x current scale
  • Failure modes and the cost of getting them wrong

What's in the report

A 20–40 page document you can hand to your CFO.

  • Executive summary with go / no-go recommendation
  • Side-by-side quality benchmarks on your data
  • Three-year cost projection under realistic assumptions
  • A concrete deployment plan if the answer is "go"

How we de-risk it

You don't pay the full fee unless we believe the numbers work.

  • Week 1: a 48-hour sniff test on a small sample
  • No-fee exit if the workload isn't a fit
  • Fixed-fee engagement — no surprise invoices
  • NDA and data residency handled upfront
How we work

Three steps. No surprises.

  1. 01

    Sample

    You send us 1k–10k representative examples. We sign the NDA, set up the secure channel.

  2. 02

    Train

    We fine-tune a small model on your data, run it against your eval set, and measure cost.

  3. 03

    Report

    A 20–40 page report with the benchmarks, the projection, and a go / no-go recommendation.

2–4Weeks, fixed fee
50–100xMedian year-one payback
0Cost if we say "this isn't a fit"
Next step

Wondering if an SLM actually pays off for your workload?

Send 1k examples. We'll have numbers in two weeks.

Company information

Registered, certified, and ready to contract.

Beag Labs is a HUBZone-certified small business. We hold an active SBA profile and are registered in SAM.gov with the UEI and CAGE codes below. Send procurement or contracting questions to the email listed.

UEI
CDQ1WLGN41X6
CAGE
22QH1
Certifications
Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace — Awardable
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Beag Labs

Sep 2026

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