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title: "Comment by Julian Neagu on \"Choosing an LLM API for production in 2026: not benchmarks\" | Hashnode"
description: "We stopped looking at benchmarks first. The real questions are what it costs per workflow, how often it fails, and how hard it is to swap later."
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/llm-api-production-2026-enterprise-evaluation/6a4cd95ecf7ef55aeda78ad9/comment/6a4f726c5ee5bec18b2b9899"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/llm-api-production-2026-enterprise-evaluation/6a4cd95ecf7ef55aeda78ad9)

Comment [Choosing an LLM API for production in 2026: not benchmarks](https://hashnode.com/posts/llm-api-production-2026-enterprise-evaluation/6a4cd95ecf7ef55aeda78ad9)

[Julian Neagu](https://hashnode.com/@julianneagulab)

[Jul 9](https://hashnode.com/posts/llm-api-production-2026-enterprise-evaluation/6a4cd95ecf7ef55aeda78ad9/comment/6a4f726c5ee5bec18b2b9899)

We stopped looking at benchmarks first. The real questions are what it costs per workflow, how often it fails, and how hard it is to swap later.