Together AI

Fast, cheap open-model inference

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Paid — no free plan

Docs state no free trials and a minimum credit purchase is needed to use the platform. Need it free right now? Try OpenRouter →

What Together AI does

  • Fast, cheap open-model inference
  • 200+ models via one API
  • Fine-tuning and dedicated endpoints
  • Docs state no free trials and a minimum credit purchase is needed to use the platform.

Together AI — straight answers

What is Together AI?

Together AI is listed under Model Hosting & Inference APIs, in the AI Models & Local Execution category on Flocci AI Tools. Fast, cheap open-model inference. It is paid, with no free tier, and it lives at together.ai.

Is Together AI free?

No. Docs state no free trials and a minimum credit purchase is needed to use the platform. If you need it free right now, OpenRouter does the same job for free. Flocci keeps paid tools out of its free catalog: they appear only in search results when you choose to see them, labelled and paired with a free alternative.

Can I use Together AI in a browser, or is there an app?

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

What can Together AI do?

Together AI does 4 things the catalog singles out: Fast, cheap open-model inference; 200+ models via one api; fine-tuning and dedicated endpoints; docs state no free trials and a minimum credit purchase is needed to use the platform..

What is the best free alternative to Together AI?

OpenRouter is the best free alternative: it does the same job and you can start without paying. Baseten, Cloudflare Workers AI and Cohere Trial API also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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Together AI alternatives

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Hugging Face

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  • Spaces to host and demo apps
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Replicate

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  • Run open models with one API call
  • Thousands of community models
  • Deploy your own with Cog
  • Only a few models run free; everything else needs billing set up.

Groq

Model Hosting & Inference APIs
freemium
  • Ultra-fast inference on custom LPUs
  • Sub-second responses for open models
  • OpenAI-compatible API
  • Generous free tier

OpenRouter

Model Hosting & Inference APIs
freemium
  • One API for 400+ models across providers
  • Automatic fallbacks and price routing
  • Some models free to use
  • Unified billing

Fireworks AI

Model Hosting & Inference APIs
freemium
  • High-performance open-model serving
  • Fine-tuning and function calling
  • Vision and audio models
  • Free trial credits

Cerebras Inference

Model Hosting & Inference APIs
trial
  • Runs open models on Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine hardware at dramatically higher tokens/sec than GPU-based APIs
  • Trial credits expire after 30 days and need a verified payment method.
  • Popular backend choice for latency-sensitive agentic and coding tools

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