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FInference and fine-tuning platform for open AI models, for developers and teams
From $8/mo
Groq vs Together AI
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Groq if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: ai application developers, startups building llm products
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Choose Together AI if…
- you're in its core audience: ai startups, ml engineers
Side by side
Feature Groq Together AI
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyGroqTogether AI
Full feature lists
G Groq
- OpenAI-compatible API endpoint
- Text generation and reasoning models
- Speech-to-text and text-to-speech
- Vision and OCR support
- Tool use with built-in, remote MCP and local tools
- Structured outputs and prompt caching
- Performance, Flex and Batch service tiers
- Dedicated bare-metal LPU capacity for enterprises
T Together AI
- Serverless pay-per-token inference for open-source models
- Batch inference up to 30 billion tokens per model
- Provisioned throughput with 99% uptime SLA
- Dedicated single-tenant model and container endpoints
- On-demand and reserved NVIDIA H100, H200, B200, B300 clusters
- LoRA and full fine-tuning with SFT and DPO
- Code sandboxes and code interpreter for agents
- Managed storage with zero egress fees
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Groq · groq.com
Together AI · together.aiWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Groq
FreeFree
DeveloperUsage-based
Together AI
Serverless InferenceFrom $0.15 / $0.60 per 1M input/output tokens (gpt-oss-120B)
GPU Clusters (on-demand)$3.99/GPU-hour (H100)
Dedicated Inference$5.49/GPU-hour (H100)
Fine-tuningFrom $0.34 per 1M training tokens (Qwen3.5 9B SFT)
Provisioned ThroughputCustom
Price changes we've recorded
We re-read each pricing page every month and log what changed.
Groq
No changes since we started tracking.
Together AI
- Nov 8, 2026Serverless Inference: $0 → $0.15; New plan: GPU Clusters (on-demand) ($3.99); New plan: Dedicated Inference ($5.49); New plan: Fine-tuning ($0.34); Provisioned Throughput: Per PTU per minute → Custom; Plan dropped: Dedicated Inference (On-demand); Plan dropped: Dedicated Inference (Reserved)
Strengths and limitations
Groq
- Drop-in OpenAI-compatible API
- Free plan available
- Covers text, speech, vision and tool use in one API
- 13 data centers across four continents
- Free plan has lower rate limits than Developer plan
- Batch and Flex processing require the Developer plan
Together AI
- Large catalog of open-source models across text, image, audio and video
- Published per-token and per-GPU-hour prices
- Path from serverless to dedicated and reserved capacity
- Managed storage has no egress fees
- Reserved GPU and dedicated capacity require contacting sales
- Fine-tuning jobs carry minimum charges (e.g. $4–$60)
- Usage-based billing makes monthly costs harder to predict
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