# Baseten

Basic plan is pay-as-you-go with free starter credits for new accounts. Baseten is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it, at baseten.co.

## Facts

- **Pricing tier:** Free tier + paid
- **Works on:** Web, API
- **Works in browser:** Yes

## Capabilities

- Basic plan is pay-as-you-go with free starter credits for new accounts
- Deploys custom/fine-tuned models, not just a fixed model catalog, with per-second GPU billing
- Hosts current open models (DeepSeek, GPT-OSS, Kimi K3) as ready-to-call APIs alongside custom deployment

## FAQ

### What is Baseten?

Baseten is listed under Model Hosting & Inference APIs, in the AI Models & Local Execution category on Flocci AI Tools. Basic plan is pay-as-you-go with free starter credits for new accounts. It is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it, and it lives at baseten.co.

### Is Baseten free?

Baseten is freemium: there is a free tier you can work in and paid plans above it. It is one of 426 freemium tools in the catalog, all labelled the same way so you are never surprised by a paywall.

### Can I use Baseten in a browser, or is there an app?

Baseten works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on the web and an API.

### What can Baseten do?

Baseten does 3 things the catalog singles out: Basic plan is pay-as-you-go with free starter credits for new accounts; deploys custom/fine-tuned models, not just a fixed model catalog, with per-second gpu billing; hosts current open models (deepseek, gpt-oss, kimi k3) as ready-to-call apis alongside custom deployment.

### What is the best free alternative to Baseten?

Cloudflare Workers AI is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Model Hosting & Inference APIs sub-category and is free tier + paid plans. Cohere Trial API, Fireworks AI and Google AI Studio also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

## Related

- [Baseten alternatives](https://aitools.flocci.in/alternatives/baseten)
- [Model Hosting & Inference APIs](https://aitools.flocci.in/category/ai-models-local-execution/model-hosting-inference-apis)
- [Best free model hosting and inference APIs](https://aitools.flocci.in/best/best-model-hosting-inference-apis)
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Source: Flocci AI Tools — https://aitools.flocci.in/tool/baseten

Facts last verified: October 2026