What you’ll build
A production AI backend that handles:- Chat completions for customer-facing AI assistants
- Structured output for data extraction and classification
- Image generation for content creation features
- Per-request billing that maps to your own pricing
Why open-source models for SaaS
Next.js API routes (Vercel AI SDK)
Chat endpoint for your product
Structured data extraction endpoint
Turn unstructured user input into structured data your app can store:Image generation endpoint
Let users generate images from your app:Python backend (FastAPI)
Content moderation middleware
Add a moderation layer before displaying AI-generated content:Cost estimation
At DeepSeek-V3 rates, a typical SaaS workload:
A SaaS serving 100K chat requests/month costs roughly **600.