Frugal AI
The right model, not the largest one

Model sizing matched to actual need, reducing both the cost and the energy footprint of every answer.

Most questions don't need the biggest model

Opening hours. Order status. Return policy. A large share of any conversation volume is routine.
Answering it with the heaviest available model is waste — of cost, and of energy. Uniform model usage also means cost rises in step with volume.

Cleed.ai routes each request to the model that fits it, and keeps the heavier ones for what genuinely requires them.

Sized to the question

Routing by actual need

Routine requests to lighter models.
Complex reasoning where it earns its cost.

Cost that scales sensibly

The link between volume and spend is broken.
Growth stops being a budget problem.

A measurable environmental argument

Reduced consumption per request, reported. Useful for CSR reporting and increasingly expected in public procurement.

Using a frontier model to give opening hours is not sophistication. It is waste.

Frugality is an engineering decision before it is an environmental one — and it happens to serve both. Routing is invisible to the customer, and answer quality is measured continuously.

Invisible to the customer

Routing happens behind the scenes. The visitor experiences one Assistant, with one tone and one level of quality.

Escalation when needed

A request that needs a heavier model gets one. Quality thresholds are monitored, and routing adjusts.

Reportable figures

Consumption per request is measured and available, so the environmental claim rests on data rather than intent.

Model size matched to the question
Opening hours
Light model
Order status
Light model
Return policy
Light model
Complex advice
Heavy model
Multi-step reasoning
Heavy model
Routing is invisible to the customer. Quality is monitored continuously.

Uniform model usage creates avoidable costs:

Routine questions answered by the heaviest model
Spend rising in step with traffic

Here is what changes with matched sizing:

48h Activation time
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24/7 Quality monitored continuously
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1 line of code to install
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0 change visible to your customers

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