# RunPod vs Together AI

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Together AI

| Attribute | RunPod | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 62.7 (64% (medium)) | 76.7 (59% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Runpod offers on-demand GPU infrastructure for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. It provides both transient serverless compute and persistent instances for model training and development, eliminating infrastructure management requirements and charging only for time actively used. It is indexed under GPU Cloud.","source":"https://www.runpod.io/articles/guides/serverless-gpu-pricing","question":"What is RunPod?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"RunPod is a paid product; published pricing starts at $0.40. It is sold across 2 plans (T4 GPU and A100 80GB GPU). Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.runpod.io/articles/guides/serverless-gpu-pricing","question":"How much does RunPod cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"RunPod supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.runpod.io/articles/guides/serverless-gpu-pricing","question":"What platforms does RunPod support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for RunPod, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.runpod.io/articles/guides/serverless-gpu-pricing","question":"Can RunPod be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 18 integrations for RunPod, including GitHub, Docker Hub, HuggingFace, PyTorch, TensorFlow, NVIDIA CUDA, Jupyter and VS Code, plus 10 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.runpod.io/articles/guides/serverless-gpu-pricing","question":"What does RunPod integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for RunPod. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as RunPod not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.runpod.io/articles/guides/security-feature-priority-ai-hosting","question":"What security certifications does RunPod have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"RunPod is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.runpod.io/articles/guides/serverless-gpu-pricing","question":"Where is RunPod available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"A cloud platform enabling developers to deploy, fine-tune, and run open-source AI models with optimized inference, serverless scaling, and dedicated computing resources. It is indexed under MLOps & LLMOps Tools.","source":"https://www.together.ai/blog/august-2023-pricing-update","question":"What is Together AI?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Together AI offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.00. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.together.ai/blog/august-2023-pricing-update","question":"Is Together AI free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Together AI supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.together.ai/blog/august-2023-pricing-update","question":"What platforms does Together AI support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Together AI can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.together.ai/blog/august-2023-pricing-update","question":"Can Together AI be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Together AI. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Together AI not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.together.ai","question":"What security certifications does Together AI have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Together AI is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.together.ai/blog/august-2023-pricing-update","question":"Where is Together AI available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud GPU provider offering both serverless and on-demand compute resources for AI workloads, with pay-per-second or hourly billing, global availability across 30+ regions, and no long-term commitments. | Together AI provides cloud infrastructure for deploying, fine-tuning, and training open-source AI models. It offers flexible deployment options including serverless inference, batch processing, reserved throughput, and dedicated GPU instances with optimized performance and cost efficiency. |
| features.capabilities | `{"soc2":true,"multi_region":true,"soc2_type_ii":true,"compute_model":"serverless_per_token","pricing_model":"on-demand-published","amd_gpu_support":false,"deployment_model":"serverless","max_cluster_scale":"multi-node-cluster","kubernetes_support":true,"per_second_billing":true,"spot_preemptible_pricing":true,"reserved_capacity_contracts":true,"openai_compatible_rest_api_schema":true,"bring_your_own_weights_byow_hosting":true,"hipaa_baa_compliance_for_medical_inference":true,"multimodal_vision_and_audio_in_out_support":true}` | `{"role":"platform","evaluation":true,"soc2_type_ii":false,"compute_model":"multi_tenant_hybrid","managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"pricing_model":"per_million_tokens","self_hostable":false,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":false,"no_train_on_data":"yes","llm_observability":false,"prompt_management":false,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":false,"openai_compatible_rest_api_schema":true,"bring_your_own_weights_byow_hosting":true,"dynamic_batching_and_kv_cache_management":false,"massive_context_window_support_100k_plus":true,"hipaa_baa_compliance_for_medical_inference":false,"multimodal_vision_and_audio_in_out_support":true,"native_function_calling_and_strict_json_mode":true,"streaming_server_sent_events_sse_token_yield":false,"lpu_or_custom_silicon_for_extreme_low_latency":false,"zero_data_retention_training_opt_out_enterprise":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Docker Hub"},{"name":"HuggingFace"},{"name":"PyTorch"},{"name":"TensorFlow"},{"name":"NVIDIA CUDA"},{"name":"Jupyter"},{"name":"VS Code"},{"name":"Whisper"},{"name":"Stable Diffusion"},{"name":"YOLOv5"},{"name":"DreamBooth"},{"name":"LLaMA"},{"name":"OpenAI Python SDK"},{"name":"Bazel"},{"name":"Prometheus","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"ELK Stack","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Serverless GPU","description":"Pay-per-second serverless compute with automatic scaling from zero to 1,000+ requests per second","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Cloud GPUs (On-Demand)","description":"Hourly pay-as-you-go GPU instances; available as Reserved (guaranteed) or Spot (interruptible, lower cost)","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"Custom agreements with dedicated support and 99.99% uptime SLA","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Usage-based pricing by the second or hour; no minimum commitments or long-term contracts","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.runpod.io/articles/guides/cloud-gpu-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-12T16:12:32.691Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Build","summary":"Free tier","features":["Discord community support"],"description":"Community tier","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","summary":"From $0.0015 per 1M tokens","features":["Serverless inference","Batch API","Standard Support (business hours)"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million tokens"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0015,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay-per-token inference with Standard Support","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact sales for reserved capacity pricing","features":["Provisioned throughput","Dedicated GPU instances","Silver/Gold Support","Dedicated support engineer"],"description":"Reserved capacity and dedicated infrastructure with Silver/Gold Support","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Pay-per-token usage starting from $0.0015 per 1M tokens. Free tier available. Dedicated instances and reserved throughput available upon request.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.together.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-02T16:26:49.735Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"million tokens","amount":0.0015,"currency":"USD"}}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.4,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":0.0015,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | 99 |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.runpod.io/articles/guides/secure-ai-deployments-soc2-compliance | https://www.together.ai/privacy |

## Capabilities (Inference Providers)

| Capability | RunPod | Together AI |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Compute model | Serverless per token | Multi tenant hybrid |
| Zero data retention training opt out enterprise | - | ✓ |
| Openai compatible rest API schema | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native function calling and strict json mode | - | ✓ |
| Multimodal vision and audio in out support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Streaming server sent events sse token yield | - | ✗ |
| Massive context window support 100k plus | - | ✓ |
| Lpu or custom silicon for extreme low latency | - | ✗ |
| Bring your own weights byow hosting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dynamic batching and kv cache management | - | ✗ |
| SOC2 type ii | ✓ | ✗ |
| HIPAA baa compliance for medical inference | ✓ | ✗ |
| Pricing model | on-demand-published | Per million tokens |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T23:21:16.445Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*