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MimicPC
✓ verifiedFreemium
Cloud platform to run open-source AI apps like ComfyUI and Stable Diffusion and train LoRAs on rented GPUs, billed hourly.
299K visits/mo
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AI/ML API
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Single API and playground for 1000+ AI models (chat, image, video, audio) with pay-as-you-go billing.
223K visits/mo5.7K saves
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OpenRouter
✓ verifiedFreemium
Unified API gateway that routes requests to 400+ LLMs across 70+ providers with failover and no subscription.
17M 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
Pricing
Essential: $13.95/mo (+$12 credit)
Advanced: $26.95/mo (+$25 credit)
GPU hardware: from $0.29/hr
Free trial available
Pay As You Go: $20 top-up (pay per use, all models)
Free trial available
Free: $0
Pay-as-you-go: Per-token, no subscription
Enterprise: Talk to sales
GPT-OSS 20B: $0.075 per 1M input tokens ($0.30 per 1M output)
GPT-OSS 120B: $0.15 per 1M input tokens
Core features
- ✦Pre-installed open-source AI apps (ComfyUI, SD, Fooocus)
- ✦LoRA and custom model training
- ✦Image, video, audio, and LLM workflows
- ✦Hourly GPU rental across several tiers
- ✦Private storage and shareable workflows
- ✦No-deployment, browser-based access
- ✦One API for 1000+ models
- ✦OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible endpoints
- ✦Chat, image, video, audio and embedding models
- ✦AI playground/sandbox
- ✦Pay-as-you-go billing across models
- ✦Enterprise dedicated infrastructure option
- ✦One unified, OpenAI-compatible API for 400+ models
- ✦Automatic provider failover for higher uptime
- ✦Edge routing for low latency
- ✦Custom data and provider policies
- ✦Pay-as-you-go credits usable across any model
- ✦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
Use cases
- →Running ComfyUI/Stable Diffusion without a local GPU
- →Training custom LoRA models
- →Face swapping and voice conversion
- →Generating images, video, and audio at scale
- →Integrating many AI models via one API
- →Prototyping and scaling AI apps
- →Cost-controlled multi-model access
- →Accessing many LLMs through one integration
- →Adding provider redundancy to AI apps
- →Comparing model price and performance
- →Powering agents and AI-native products
- →Running LLM inference at high speed
- →Cutting inference costs at scale
- →Powering low-latency AI chat apps
- →Serving models via a hosted API
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