Fireworks AI
by Fireworks AI
Fast, cheap inference for open models
Pricing
Pay-per-token; generous free tier
Difficulty
beginner
Time to Start
30 min
Privacy
high
Free Tier
Free: $1 credit for new accounts; generous rate limits on free models
Limits: Free: $1 credit; pay-per-use; competitive pricing; serverless and on-demand options
When to upgrade: Credit exhaustion; dedicated deployments; fine-tuning; enterprise features; SLA
Use Cases
Fast model inference; function calling; fine-tuning; cost-effective AI; multi-model serving
Technical Details
Ideal For
Supported Content
Output Formats
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