Fireworks AI alternatives: 9 tools compared (October 2026)

Baseten is an inference platform for teams that run open-source, fine-tuned or custom AI models in production. It provides hosted Model APIs, dedicated GPU deployments with autoscaling and training jobs, either in Baseten's cloud or in the customer's own environment.

Key functions

• Dedicated deployments scale down to zero replicas, with GPU time billed per minute
• Model APIs with an OpenAI-compatible endpoint for hosted open models
• Inference engines built on TensorRT-LLM for language models and BEI for embeddings

Compared with Fireworks AI

• Starts lower: from $0.01 usage-based, Fireworks AI from $8 usage-based.
• Strong in the same markets as Fireworks AI: United States.

Check before buying: Check which GPU types and regions your workloads need, because the listed prices apply to standard capacity and other countries and regions go through sales. For EU personal data, review the public DPA, the subprocessor list in the trust center and the transfer basis, which relies on Standard Contractual Clauses. Compare per-minute dedicated pricing with per-token Model APIs for your expected traffic, and note that custom SLAs are part of Enterprise only.

DeepInfra offers an inference API for more than 100 AI models with per-token billing, plus GPU instances and dedicated clusters, for developers who want to run models without managing servers.

Key functions

• Serverless inference for text, image, speech and embedding models per token
• Dedicated GPUs and clusters for custom models
• No storage of inputs and outputs in standard inference

Compared with Fireworks AI

• Starts lower: from $0.02 usage-based, Fireworks AI from $8 usage-based.
• Strong in the same markets as Fireworks AI: United States.

Check before buying: Requests to Google or Anthropic models are forwarded to those vendors and follow their policies, so check which models you use for personal data. Processing takes place in the United States. A data processing agreement is not published, so contact the data protection officer. Bulk inference may keep data longer on encrypted disk.

Modal is a serverless compute platform where developers run AI inference, training, batch jobs and sandboxes from Python code, with GPUs billed per second and a free Starter plan.

Key functions

• Serverless inference for language, audio, image and video models with autoscaling
• Fine-tuning on single or multi-node clusters
• Sandboxes that run AI-generated code in isolated containers

Compared with Fireworks AI

• Has a free plan; Fireworks AI does not.
• Strong in the same markets as Fireworks AI: United States.

Check before buying: Select the region for functions and storage explicitly and budget for the regional surcharge. Inputs and outputs are kept for up to seven days, and logs for one day on Starter, 30 days on Team and a configurable period on Enterprise. A data processing agreement and subprocessor list are not linked publicly, so request them before processing personal data.

Runpod is a GPU cloud for developers and companies of any size that want to run, fine-tune or serve AI models, with low hourly GPU prices and serverless endpoints that scale to zero.

Key functions

• Serverless endpoints autoscale AI models down to zero
• Pods as GPU instances for development, fine-tuning and inference
• Public Endpoints expose pre-deployed AI models via API

Compared with Fireworks AI

• Names 3 security certificates, Fireworks AI 0.
• Strong in the same markets as Fireworks AI: United States.

Check before buying: Decide whether workloads may run on Community Cloud capacity or need Secure Cloud, especially for personal or client data. Choose the region explicitly, since Runpod operates in 31 regions. Serverless costs depend on traffic, so set limits. Review the public data processing agreement before production use.

Crusoe Cloud is a GPU cloud for AI training and inference that runs in data centers Crusoe builds and powers itself. It serves AI labs, platform teams and enterprises that need GPU clusters, managed Kubernetes or Slurm, or managed inference APIs.

Key functions

• GPU instances with NVIDIA GB200, B200, H200, H100 and AMD MI300X and MI355X
• Managed Inference with MemoryAlloy, a cluster-wide memory layer that avoids repeated prefill
• Serverless Fine-Tuning of open models without provisioning a cluster

Compared with Fireworks AI

• Names 3 security certificates, Fireworks AI 0.
• Starts lower: from $1.50 usage-based, Fireworks AI from $8 usage-based.
• Strong in the same markets as Fireworks AI: United States.

Check before buying: Prices for GB200, B200 and MI355X as well as spot and reserved capacity come from sales, so request quotes for the full term. The public pages do not list regions; confirm where instances and storage will run, especially for EU personal data, and review the Data Processing and Security Terms on the legal site. If you plan to use spot capacity, check the interruption rules.

Together AI is a cloud platform for running and adapting open AI models. Development teams call models through serverless APIs, fine-tune them or rent dedicated GPUs and clusters.

Key functions

• Serverless inference for open models, billed per million tokens
• Fine-tuning of open models via supervised fine-tuning or DPO
• Dedicated endpoints and GPU clusters for custom models

Compared with Fireworks AI

• Starts lower: from $0.09 usage-based, Fireworks AI from $8 usage-based.
• Strong in the same markets as Fireworks AI: United States.

Check before buying: Check where requests are processed, since the privacy policy names no data center locations and relies on standard contractual clauses for EU data. Activate Zero Data Retention if prompts contain personal data. Token costs scale with usage, so set budget alerts. A data processing agreement is not linked publicly and should be requested.

E2E Networks is a listed Indian cloud provider that rents NVIDIA GPUs and runs the TIR AI platform and inference endpoints from data centers in India, for companies that need AI compute in the country.

Key functions

• GPU instances with NVIDIA B200, H200, H100, L40S and L4 for training and inference
• TIR platform for model training and fine-tuning
• Inference endpoints with an OpenAI-compatible API and scale to zero

Compared with Fireworks AI

• Names 7 security certificates, Fireworks AI 0.
• Starts lower: from $0.57 usage-based, Fireworks AI from $8 usage-based.
• Strongest elsewhere: India.

Check before buying: E2E Networks suits workloads that should stay in India. For data from the EU, check transfer mechanisms, since no EU region is listed. Compare hourly prices with committed plans, which offer discounts of up to 30 percent. Ask for the data processing terms and the security reports before production use.

Nebius is an Amsterdam-based AI cloud that rents GPU clusters for training and runs managed inference through Token Factory, aimed at AI start-ups, software companies and enterprises.

Key functions

• GPU instances and InfiniBand clusters for training and inference
• Token Factory as a managed per-token inference service
• Managed Slurm on Kubernetes (Soperator) for training jobs

Compared with Fireworks AI

• Can store data in the EU; Fireworks AI states no EU option.
• Headquartered in Netherlands, Fireworks AI in United States.
• Names 9 security certificates, Fireworks AI 0.
• Starts lower: from $1.55 usage-based, Fireworks AI from $8 usage-based.

Check before buying: Confirm which region you select for storage and compute. The regions page lists Finland, France, Iceland, Israel, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, while the pricing page names no locations. GPU hours are billed on demand, and discounts require multi-month reservations. The public data processing agreement of Nebius B.V. covers both the AI Cloud and Token Factory.