# Baseten vs Haystack

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Baseten

| Attribute | Baseten | Haystack |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 76.3 (73% (medium)) | 64.9 (62% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 237 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 26,323 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 199,336 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An infrastructure platform that handles serving, optimizing, and scaling machine learning models across multiple clouds. Offers both managed cloud and self-hosted deployment options with built-in performance tuning, autoscaling, and 99.99% uptime reliability. | A Python-based orchestration tool for creating and deploying intelligent applications powered by language models. Developers assemble reusable components (data retrieval, model integration, tool execution) into customizable workflows, from question-answering systems to multi-step autonomous agents, deployable on private infrastructure or in the cloud. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"serving","evaluation":false,"soc2_type_ii":true,"compute_model":"dedicated_gpu_instance","managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"pricing_model":"per_million_tokens","self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":false,"llm_observability":false,"prompt_management":false,"framework_agnostic":true,"experiment_tracking":true,"openai_compatible_rest_api_schema":true,"bring_your_own_weights_byow_hosting":true,"dynamic_batching_and_kv_cache_management":true,"massive_context_window_support_100k_plus":true,"hipaa_baa_compliance_for_medical_inference":true,"multimodal_vision_and_audio_in_out_support":true,"native_function_calling_and_strict_json_mode":true}` | `{"role":"platform","evaluation":true,"managed_cloud":true,"model_serving":true,"pricing_model":"free_open_source","self_hostable":true,"multi_provider":true,"vpc_deployment":true,"otel_compatible":true,"no_train_on_data":"unknown","llm_observability":true,"prompt_management":true,"framework_agnostic":true,"architecture_paradigm":"graph_based_cycles","native_observability_and_trace_logging":true,"native_memory_and_state_persistence_layer":true,"tool_calling_and_function_schema_validation":true,"managed_cloud_runtime_infrastructure_offered":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 14 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Plotly"},{"name":"OpenAI-compatible endpoint"},{"name":"Truss"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Mistral"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"Weaviate"},{"name":"Pinecone"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"AstraDB"},{"name":"Apify"},{"name":"ReadMe"},{"name":"Azure OpenAI"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"SerperDev"},{"name":"SearchApi"},{"name":"Cohere"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"FAISS"},{"name":"AWS SageMaker"},{"name":"OpenSearch"},{"name":"Google Colab"},{"name":"MCP servers"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Basic","summary":"$0/month base, pay-as-you-go compute","features":["Dedicated deployments","Model APIs","Training","Fast cold starts","SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliant","Email and in-app chat support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Deploy custom, fine-tuned, and open-source models with dedicated deployments, model APIs, training, fast cold starts","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"Volume discounts available. Custom pricing via quote.","features":["Everything in Basic","Priority access to high-demand GPUs","Dedicated compute","Higher Model API rate limits","Hands-on engineering expertise","Dedicated support on Slack and Zoom"],"description":"Unlimited autoscaling and priority compute access with dedicated compute, higher rate limits, hands-on engineering support","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Volume discounts available. Custom pricing via quote.","features":["Everything in Pro","Custom SLAs","Self-host deployments","On-demand flex compute","Use existing cloud commitments","Full control over data residency","Advanced security and compliance","Custom global regions","Advanced RBAC with Teams"],"description":"Full control with custom SLAs, self-hosted deployments, on-demand flex compute, data residency control, and advanced security","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier with pay-as-you-go compute ($0.01/min for basic instances). Pro and Enterprise plans available via quote with volume discounts.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.baseten.co/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:22:26.114Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","description":"Free open-source framework with community support","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Starter","description":"Consulting, secure design guidance, and deployment blueprints for production use","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Platform","description":"Managed cloud or self-hosted deployment with observability, governance, and team collaboration features","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free open-source core with commercial enterprise options","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://haystack.deepset.ai","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T12:45:10.798Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| release.cadence_days | - | 1 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v3.1.0","date":"2026-08-24T15:19:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v3.1.0-rc3","date":"2026-08-21T15:31:26Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.1.0-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v3.1.0-rc2","date":"2026-08-21T14:30:15Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.1.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v3.1.0-rc1","date":"2026-08-18T09:09:17Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.1.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v3.0.0","date":"2026-07-20T12:07:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v3.0.0-rc1","date":"2026-07-20T09:04:49Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.0.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.31.0","date":"2026-07-08T11:34:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.31.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.31.0-rc2","date":"2026-07-07T08:18:58Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.31.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.31.0-rc1","date":"2026-07-07T06:24:07Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.31.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.30.2","date":"2026-06-18T08:36:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.30.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.30.2-rc1","date":"2026-06-17T14:32:06Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.30.2-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.30.1","date":"2026-06-09T13:26:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.30.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.30.1-rc1","date":"2026-06-09T12:45:47Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.30.1-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.30.0","date":"2026-06-03T10:21:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.30.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.30.0-rc1","date":"2026-06-02T12:23:29Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.30.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.29.0","date":"2026-05-12T14:25:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.29.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.29.0-rc2","date":"2026-05-12T13:08:33Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.29.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.29.0-rc1","date":"2026-05-11T14:37:25Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.29.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.28.0","date":"2026-04-20T15:02:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.28.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack/releases/tag/v2.28.0-rc2","date":"2026-04-20T13:11:05Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.28.0-rc2"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 9.4 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=farm-haystack&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"CRITICAL"}` |

## Capabilities (MLOps & LLMOps Tools)

| Capability | Baseten | Haystack |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool role | Model serving | End-to-end ML platform |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable / OSS core | ✓ | ✓ |
| Managed cloud available | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-prem / VPC deployment | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Observability** |  |  |
| LLM tracing / observability | ✗ | ✓ |
| Evaluation (offline / LLM-judge / human) | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Dev** |  |  |
| Prompt management + versioning | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Tracking** |  |  |
| Experiment tracking / model registry | ✓ | - |
| **Serving** |  |  |
| Model serving / inference endpoint | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| OpenTelemetry / OpenLLMetry compatible | ✗ | ✓ |
| Framework-agnostic | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Gateway** |  |  |
| Multi-provider model support | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Data** |  |  |
| No-train-on-customer-data guarantee | - | Unknown |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:19:05.477Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*