Workload Assessment

Know where your AI workload should run.

Assess one real AI workload before committing to architecture or infrastructure. PulseAI evaluates the workload and provides a deterministic, provider-neutral placement and sizing view across Cloud, On-Premises and Hybrid. R99 per workload. It does not affect the PulseAI Score.

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Key facts

What the assessment is

QuestionAnswer
What is assessed?One real AI workload
PriceR99 per workload
Placement optionsCloud, On-Premises and Hybrid
MethodDeterministic rules and formulas
Vendor biasProvider-neutral
PulseAI Score impactNone
Main outputsPlacement, sizing, economics where supported, confidence and validation requirements
How it works

Four stages

Define
Describe the workload

Objective. Users, requests, concurrency. Model and data characteristics.

Analyse
Establish the constraints

Sovereignty, network, site, skills, and power or cooling where relevant.

Compare
Score the options

Cloud, On-Premises and Hybrid, with infrastructure sizing and economics where supported.

Decide
Produce the result

Placement recommendation, confidence, assumptions, validation requirements and next steps.

View full methodology
StageWhat happens
01 Describe workloadName the workload and describe what it needs to achieve
02 Measure demandUsers, requests, concurrency, latency and availability expectations
03 Model and dataModel characteristics, context, working set, retention and growth
04 ConstraintsSovereignty, data movement, network, skills, site, power and cooling
05 Size infrastructureCPU, RAM, storage, and accelerator class, count and topology where justified
06 Compare placementCloud, On-Premises and Hybrid each scored independently on the evidence
07 EconomicsTCO and break-even where they can be calculated reliably
08 ValidationBenchmark and engineering review flagged wherever the evidence requires it
09 ResultPlacement, sizing, assumptions, confidence, validation requirements and next steps
The result

What you walk away with

OutputWhat it tells you
PlacementCloud, On-Premises or Hybrid
ConfidenceHow strongly the evidence supports the result
SizingServer and accelerator requirements where justified
EconomicsTCO or break-even where evidence permits calculation
AssumptionsWhat had to be assumed
ValidationWhat still needs benchmarking or engineering review
Next stepWhat should happen before committing
Where the evidence runs out

If the evidence is not strong enough, PulseAI says so.

A useful assessment should distinguish between what the evidence supports and what still needs validation. PulseAI does not turn incomplete inputs into a false production specification.

Assess your workload before you commit to infrastructure.

R99 per workload · deterministic · provider-neutral · does not affect your PulseAI Score.

Built for African organisations · Assessment-Led · Evidence-Driven