# Model selection and cost optimization
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| GENCOST01: How do you select the appropriate model to optimize costs? | 
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 Foundation model costs vary greatly across the various foundation model providers, model families and sizes, and model hosting paradigms. It may be advantageous to evaluate cost as a factor when selecting models. This question describes best practices to achieving cost-aware model selection. 

**Topics**
+ [GENCOST01-BP01 Right-size model selection to optimize inference costs](gencost01-bp01.md)