Comparison

Fireworks AI vs Google Cloud Vertex AI

On the evidence we track, Fireworks AI leads this comparison with a composite score of 61/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Fireworks AI61
Google Cloud Vertex AI42
Score
vioscaleAI score
Fireworks AI61 / 100medium · 55%
Google Cloud Vertex AI42 / 100low · 11%
Pricing
Free tier
Fireworks AI✗
Google Cloud Vertex AI✓
Model
Fireworks AIcommercial
Google Cloud Vertex AIcommercial
Price level
Fireworks AIlow
Google Cloud Vertex AIunknown
Starting price
Fireworks AI$0.01
Google Cloud Vertex AI–
Transparent
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI✗
Integrations
Count
Fireworks AI2
Google Cloud Vertex AI2
Security
Certifications
Google Cloud Vertex AI–
Disclosure policy
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI–
Gdpr
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI–
Hipaa
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI–
Soc2
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI–
Market
Content
Faq
Fireworks AI7 items
Google Cloud Vertex AI5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for inference providers. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Compute model
Fireworks AIMulti tenant hybrid
Google Cloud Vertex AIMulti tenant hybrid
Zero data retention training opt out enterprise
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI-
Openai compatible rest API schema
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI-
Native function calling and strict json mode
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI-
Multimodal vision and audio in out support
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI-
Streaming server sent events sse token yield
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI-
Massive context window support 100k plus
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI-
Lpu or custom silicon for extreme low latency
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI-
Bring your own weights byow hosting
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI-
Dynamic batching and kv cache management
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI-
SOC2 type ii
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI-
HIPAA baa compliance for medical inference
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI-
Pricing model
Fireworks AIPer million tokens
Google Cloud Vertex AIPer compute hour

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Fireworks AI

Leader

Fireworks provides serverless and on-demand inference for open source models and custom trained versions, with tools for model fine-tuning, optimization, and deployment. It supports per-token and per-GPU billing with API compatibility for existing model clients.

Independently observed

Google Cloud Vertex AI

A comprehensive platform that enables developers to create, deploy, and optimize AI agents that automate enterprise workflows and business processes.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Fireworks AI

Leader
from $0.01/tokensUsage-based

Usage-based pay-per-token for serverless; managed training at $0.50–$12/1M tokens; dedicated GPU from $0.134–$0.334/minute

  • Serverless InferenceUsage-based per-token pricing
    • Pay per input token
    • Pay per output token
    • Pay per cached token
    • OpenAI and Anthropic compatible API
    • Priority and Fast serving options
  • Embeddings$0.008–$0.1 per 1M input tokens
    • Multiple embedding models
    • Tiered by model size
  • Managed Training$0.50–$12 per 1M training tokens depending on model size and method
    • LoRA SFT
    • LoRA DPO
    • Full Parameter SFT
    • Full Parameter DPO
    • Quantization-aware training
  • Serverless Training APIUsage-based pricing per 1M tokens for prefill, cached prefill, sample, and train
    • Shared trainer pool
    • No provisioning required
    • No idle costs
    • Cached prefill option
  • On-Demand DeploymentsContact sales
    • H100, B200, B300, GB300 GPU options
    • Multi-region support
    • Post-trained model support
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Google Cloud Vertex AI

Usage-based

Pay for Agent Platform tools, storage, compute and Cloud resources used. New customers receive $300 free credits.

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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI✓
CLI
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI✓
On-premise
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI✗
Hybrid
Fireworks AI✓
Google Cloud Vertex AI✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Fireworks AI

Leader
6 total
  • OpenCode
  • Cline
  • Aider
  • External APIs via function calling
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
Independently observed

Google Cloud Vertex AI

2 total
  • Dataverse
  • Integration Connectors API
Independently observed
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