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Model fine-tuning costs $10K-$100K+ for a single domain adaptation, requires ML expertise, and produces a model locked to one provider. Training from scratch costs millions. EEM construction costs ~$300 (Sonnet) to ~$1,500 (Opus) for enterprise scale (13,511 beliefs, 6 departments), requires no ML expertise, and produces a portable knowledge artifact usable by any model. EEM is 10-100x cheaper than fine-tuning and works across providers.
Source: repo:beliefs-pi/entries/2026/05/27/eem-construction-cost-estimate-enterprise-scale.md