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Vast ai
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GPU rental marketplace with per-second billing across thousands of GPUs, aimed at AI training, inference, and fine-tuning workloads.

1.4M visits/mo
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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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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
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Atlas Cloud
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Unified pay-per-use API serving 400+ multimodal AI models (image, video, audio, 3D, LLM) through one OpenAI-compatible key.

958K visits/mo
Pricing

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GPT-OSS 20B: $0.075 per 1M input tokens ($0.30 per 1M output)
GPT-OSS 120B: $0.15 per 1M input tokens
Starter: $0/mo + compute ($30 free credit)
Team: $250/mo + compute
Seedance 2.0 video: from $0.09/sec
GPT Image 2: from $0.009/image
Nano Banana 2: from $0.04/image
Core features
  • On-demand GPU cloud with per-second billing
  • Interruptible instances at discounted rates for batch/fault-tolerant jobs
  • Reserved capacity with 1, 3, or 6-month terms for steady workloads
  • Serverless deployment with autoscale-to-zero for inference endpoints
  • Dedicated multi-node clusters with InfiniBand for large-scale training
  • Python SDK and CLI plus REST API for programmatic provisioning
  • Access to 68+ GPU types across 40+ data centers
  • Pre-configured templates for popular open-source models
  • 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
  • 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
  • 400+ AI models via one unified API
  • Multimodal coverage: image, video, audio, 3D, LLM
  • On-demand, pay-per-use pricing
  • Day-0 access to new state-of-the-art models
  • OpenAI-compatible single key
  • SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance, 99.99% uptime
Use cases
  • ML engineers training or fine-tuning models on rented GPUs
  • Startups running inference at scale without owning hardware
  • Developers needing quick, low-cost access to specific GPU types
  • Teams building AI agents that autonomously provision compute
  • 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
  • Deploying and scaling model inference
  • Fine-tuning and training models
  • Running batch/parallel AI jobs
  • Executing untrusted code in sandboxes
  • Integrate video and image generation
  • Access many LLMs through one API
  • Build multimodal AI applications
  • Batch generate and prototype cheaply
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