Together AI
by Together AI
Fast inference for open-source models
Pricing
Pay-per-token; from $0.10/M tokens
Difficulty
beginner
Time to Start
1 hour
Privacy
high
Free Tier
$5 free credits for new accounts; pay-per-use after
Limits: Free: $5 credits; pay-per-token after; competitive pricing vs OpenAI; fine-tuning available
When to upgrade: Credit exhaustion; fine-tuning; dedicated endpoints; enterprise SLA; higher rate limits
Use Cases
Open-source model inference; fine-tuning; embeddings; cost-effective alternative to OpenAI; batch processing
Technical Details
Ideal For
Supported Content
Output Formats
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