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One structural advantage of RedPen choosing to run locally is zero marginal cost: hosting a server that can hold the weights costs about $25/month, runs at only 2-5 tokens/second on a shared CPU—slower than the user's own laptop—and every contract would end up on a server outside their control; with local execution the 500th user costs zero, which is the basis for the $19 one-time pricing rather than a subscription.
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10/14/2026
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Valid until: 1/12/2027
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