Directory
Provider directory All 20 indexed AI inference providers as compact spec tiles, ranked by composite reputation index. Prefer a dense, sortable grid? Use thecomparison table .
Ranked by composite reputation index — see Methodology .
All Aggregator Frontier lab GPU cloud Hyperscaler Router Specialist app Specialist hardware Subscription (flat-rate)
OpenAI /openai highFrontier lab OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $6.25
TTFT 480ms
Throughput 90t/s
Reputation 91■ Frontier model quality and the de-facto API standard the whole ecosystem mimics.
Anthropic /anthropic highFrontier lab
Blended $/1M $9.00
TTFT 520ms
Throughput 78t/s
Reputation 90▲ Long-context reasoning, strong safety posture and enterprise trust.
OpenRouter /openrouter highRouter OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.90
TTFT 400ms
Throughput 120t/s
Reputation 88▲ One API and one bill across nearly every provider and model.
Groq /groq highSpecialist hardware OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.69
TTFT 120ms
Throughput 480t/s
Reputation 87▲ Category-leading tokens/sec thanks to custom LPU silicon.
Together AI /together-ai highAggregator OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.88
TTFT 340ms
Throughput 130t/s
Reputation 86▲ Huge open-model catalog with fine-tuning and dedicated endpoints.
Fireworks AI /fireworks-ai highAggregator OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.90
TTFT 300ms
Throughput 145t/s
Reputation 85▲ Low-latency serving stack and strong function-calling support.
Modal /modal mediumGPU cloud
Blended $/1M —
TTFT 700ms
Throughput 100t/s
Reputation 85▲ Code-first serverless GPUs; full control of the serving stack.
Google Vertex AI /google-vertex mediumHyperscaler OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $3.13
TTFT 610ms
Throughput 85t/s
Reputation 84■ Enterprise-grade cloud integration, global regions and compliance breadth.
Baseten /baseten mediumGPU cloud OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.80
TTFT 280ms
Throughput 140t/s
Reputation 84▲ Production dedicated deployments with strong autoscaling.
cheapestinference /cheapestinference seedSubscription (flat-rate) OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.30
TTFT 340ms
Throughput 120t/s
Reputation 83▲ Flat-rate subscription pricing that decouples cost from token volume.
Perplexity API /perplexity mediumSpecialist app OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $1.00
TTFT 650ms
Throughput 80t/s
Reputation 82■ Built-in web-search grounding with citations.
DeepInfra /deepinfra highAggregator OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.38
TTFT 360ms
Throughput 110t/s
Reputation 81■ Aggressive per-token pricing on popular open models.
Replicate /replicate mediumAggregator
Blended $/1M $1.70
TTFT 900ms
Throughput 60t/s
Reputation 80■ Broadest catalog including image, audio and video models.
SambaNova Cloud /sambanova mediumSpecialist hardware OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.90
TTFT 130ms
Throughput 400t/s
Reputation 79■ High-throughput serving of large open models.
Nebius AI Studio /nebius mediumGPU cloud OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.50
TTFT 370ms
Throughput 118t/s
Reputation 79▲ EU-hosted inference with a full GPU cloud behind it.
Lepton AI /lepton-ai mediumGPU cloud OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.50
TTFT 330ms
Throughput 125t/s
Reputation 78■ Developer-friendly platform with tuned serving.
Novita AI /novita-ai mediumAggregator OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.35
TTFT 380ms
Throughput 105t/s
Reputation 77▲ Low prices and a broad multimodal catalog.
Hyperbolic /hyperbolic mediumGPU cloud OpenAI-compat
Blended $/1M $0.40
TTFT 350ms
Throughput 115t/s
Reputation 76▲ Cheap open-model inference plus raw GPU rental.
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