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ApX Machine Learning
✓ verifiedFreemium

Tools, model specs and courses for LLM engineers-VRAM calculator, benchmarks and model directory-with free and paid tiers.

355K visits/mo
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Groq
✓ verifiedFreemium

Fast, low-cost AI inference provider running LLMs on custom LPU chips via GroqCloud's pay-as-you-go API.

3.6M visits/mo
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HEROZ
✓ verifiedPaid

A Japanese AI firm that grew from shogi-AI research into industry ML solutions and a generative-AI platform, HEROZ ASK.

1.9M visits/mo
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Modal
✓ verifiedFreemium

Serverless AI cloud for running inference, training and sandboxes on GPUs with fast cold starts and pay-per-use billing.

988K visits/mo
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WaveSpeedAI
✓ verifiedFree trial

Pay-per-use API hub aggregating 1000+ image, video, and audio generation models for developers building AI media pipelines.

2.2M visits/mo
Pricing
Basic: $0/mo (free forever)
Pro: $19/mo
Pro+: $59/mo
GPT-OSS 20B: $0.075 per 1M input tokens ($0.30 per 1M output)
GPT-OSS 120B: $0.15 per 1M input tokens

No public pricing

Starter: $0/mo + compute ($30 free credit)
Team: $250/mo + compute
Silver: $100 top-up (higher rate limits)
Gold: $1,000 top-up (higher rate limits)
Ultra: $10,000 top-up (highest rate limits)

Free trial available

Core features
  • VRAM/GPU-memory calculator for LLMs
  • LLM performance rankings and benchmarks
  • Model directory and comparison
  • AI/ML courses and learning roadmap
  • Calculator API and exportable cost reports
  • Engineering blog and guides
  • LPU custom inference hardware
  • GroqCloud tokens-as-a-service API
  • High-speed, low-latency inference
  • Pay-as-you-go token pricing
  • Free API key to start
  • Broad open-model support
  • Deep-learning and machine-learning core technology
  • HEROZ ASK generative-AI platform
  • BtoB and BtoC AI solutions
  • BLOOMWORKS product
  • Industry AI deployment case studies
  • Serverless GPU compute defined in Python
  • Sub-second container cold starts
  • Autoscale 0 to 1000+ GPUs
  • Inference, training and batch workloads
  • Secure sandboxes for untrusted code
  • Built-in logging and observability
  • Unified API access to 1000+ image/video/audio generation models
  • Pay-per-use pricing billed per image or per second of video
  • Includes chat/LLM model access (Claude, GPT, Gemini, etc.) priced per token
  • Account tiers unlock higher GPU limits and concurrency
  • CLI and desktop app for building workflows
  • Enterprise options with dedicated support and custom deployment
Use cases
  • Estimating GPU memory before training or inference
  • Comparing and selecting LLMs
  • Learning ML and LLM engineering
  • Modeling production deployment costs
  • Running LLM inference at high speed
  • Cutting inference costs at scale
  • Powering low-latency AI chat apps
  • Serving models via a hosted API
  • Deploying generative AI in enterprises
  • Applying ML to industry-specific problems
  • AI-driven business transformation (DX)
  • Deploying and scaling model inference
  • Fine-tuning and training models
  • Running batch/parallel AI jobs
  • Executing untrusted code in sandboxes
  • Integrating AI image/video generation into an app via API
  • Building automated content pipelines needing multiple AI models
  • Testing and comparing many generative models from one account
  • Scaling AI media production with volume-based account tiers
  • Accessing both media-generation and LLM APIs from one platform
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