Overview
Fast, cheap inference for open models
Best for: Fast model inference; function calling; fine-tuning; cost-effective AI; multi-model serving
At a glance
Pricing
- Difficulty
- Beginner-friendly
- Time to productivity
- 30 min
- Privacy
- High
- Learning curve
- Easy
Ideal for
Key capabilities
Works with
- Text
- code
- images (some models)
Outputs
- OpenAI-compatible API responses
- streaming
Mobile access
How to use Fireworks AI on phones and tablets.
- Mobile web: Works in a mobile browser (responsive or dedicated mobile site).
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
Technical Details
Alternatives
GPT models, embeddings, whisper, TTS via API
Free: $5 initial credits (new accounts); rate-limited; GPT-4o-mini free tier
Run open-source AI models via API
Free: some models have free predictions; hardware billing per second of compute
Fast inference for open-source models
Free: $5 free credits for new accounts; pay-per-use after
Ultra-fast LLM inference on custom hardware
Free: generous free tier with rate limits; multiple models available; no credit card required