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MuAPI
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Unified pay-per-generation API for 500+ image, video and audio models like FLUX, Kling and Seedance at low cost.

411K visits/mo
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Groq
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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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Lightning AI
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Cloud platform from the makers of PyTorch Lightning for building, training and deploying AI in browser-based GPU Studios.

467K visits/mo3.8K saves
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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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Modal
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Serverless AI cloud for running inference, training and sandboxes on GPUs with fast cold starts and pay-per-use billing.

988K visits/mo
Pricing

No public pricing

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

Pay As You Go: $20 top-up (pay per use, all models)

Free trial available

Starter: $0/mo + compute ($30 free credit)
Team: $250/mo + compute
Core features
  • Single API for 500+ image, video and audio models
  • Pay-per-generation billing with no subscription
  • No charge on failed tasks
  • Workflows, agents and studio tools
  • MCP and CLI integrations, white-label option
  • 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
  • Browser-based Lightning Studios with on-demand GPUs
  • PyTorch Lightning training framework
  • Model training, fine-tuning and deployment
  • Collaborative, shareable ML environments
  • Scalable multi-GPU/multi-node compute
  • 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
  • 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
Use cases
  • Building apps on top of many generative models via one API
  • Generating images, video and audio at scale
  • Cutting model API costs versus direct providers
  • Deploying white-label AI generation studios
  • Running LLM inference at high speed
  • Cutting inference costs at scale
  • Powering low-latency AI chat apps
  • Serving models via a hosted API
  • Prototype and train ML models in the cloud
  • Fine-tune and deploy foundation models
  • Run reproducible AI experiments collaboratively
  • Integrating many AI models via one API
  • Prototyping and scaling AI apps
  • Cost-controlled multi-model access
  • Deploying and scaling model inference
  • Fine-tuning and training models
  • Running batch/parallel AI jobs
  • Executing untrusted code in sandboxes
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