Anonymized case study: an ecommerce team reduced LLM spend ~15× on high-volume catalog queries
with one URL change. Quality preserved. Latency improved 2×.
An ecommerce team was running high-volume product search queries through a major LLM provider. Their monthly LLM bill had grown to several thousand dollars as catalog size and query volume increased. The team needed cost reduction without sacrificing search quality or response time.
After a 15-minute benchmark call, the team changed one URL in their REST client to point to their Fivo endpoint. Integration took under 5 minutes. No SDK migration, no code changes, no infrastructure rework. Within the first billing cycle, measured LLM spend reduced ~15× on their primary workload. Latency improved approximately 2×. Quality was preserved within ±6% on their internal eval set. Floor cases on unique one-shot queries showed ~3–6× savings (modest but still meaningful). The team pays a percentage of measured savings only — no flat fees. If measured savings drop below 2×, that month is free.
Fivo’s measurement methodology compares the actual LLM provider invoice (what the team would have paid without Fivo) against the optimized bill (what they actually paid through Fivo). The ratio is the measured savings multiple. Quality is tracked against the team’s own eval set — Fivo does not define quality thresholds; the customer does.
For this workload, the team ran their standard product search queries through both direct API and Fivo endpoint in parallel for one week. Results: ~15× cost reduction on the primary workload, ~3–6× on edge-case unique queries (floor case), and latency improved approximately 2×. Fivo’s specific optimization techniques are proprietary and not publicly disclosed. Methodology details are available under NDA.
Primary workload (high-volume catalog search): ~15× measured LLM cost reduction. Edge-case unique queries (floor case): ~3–6×. Latency: improved approximately 2×. Quality: preserved within ±6% on the team’s internal eval set. Integration time: under 5 minutes. Cancellation: 30 seconds by reverting the URL. Pricing: percentage of measured savings only — no flat fees. If savings drop below 2×, that month is free. The team continues to run Fivo in production. Real verified testimonials are published as customer relationships permit.
