Top 19 places to run AI models

Among the cheapest places to run popular open models, at above-median speed

Best for Cheap, high-volume use of popular open models like DeepSeek, Qwen and GLMYou give up No free tier; you need a card or prepay before your first call

Low-priced open models with quick first responses; also rents GPUs

Best for Chat apps on open models where a fast first reply mattersYou give up Costs a bit more per token than DeepInfra at the same score

For teams already on Azure who want GPT, Claude and open models under one contract

Best for Companies already buying from Microsoft that need big-name models with fast outputYou give up Slowest first reply on this list, though output is fast once it starts

Lowest measured price on gpt-oss-120b, but slow output in Artificial Analysis tests

Best for Batch jobs on gpt-oss-120b where cost matters more than speedYou give up Slower output than most hosts on this list

Cheap, broad catalog of open models including Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3

Best for Trying many open models cheaply from one accountYou give up Same price as Crusoe but scores lower (80 against 90) and replies a little slower

Fast first responses for production apps, with dedicated GPUs when you outgrow shared APIs

Best for Production apps where the first word of a reply must arrive fastYou give up Twice Crusoe's per-token price for the same open model

Fast, mid-priced open models; useful if you want an EU-based host

Best for European teams that want fast open model output from an EU-based hostYou give up Costs several times DeepInfra's rate; price taken from OpenRouter

For AWS teams wanting Claude, GPT and open models in one place; slower on open models

Best for Companies on AWS that want Claude Opus 5.5 and Kimi K3 in their own accountYou give up Slow on open models (87 tokens a second); US price not shown

For Google Cloud teams wanting Gemini, Claude and open models with one bill

Best for Google Cloud teams that want Gemini 4 Argon and Claude Opus 5.5 togetherYou give up Was down in one OpenRouter uptime check; output slower than the median host

Very fast replies for latency-sensitive apps, but only a few small open models

Best for Voice, chat or agent apps where fast replies matter more than model choiceYou give up Only gpt-oss and Llama models, which rank low on a public leaderboard

Wide open-model catalog plus fine-tuning and GPU rental in one account

Best for Teams that plan to fine-tune open models as well as call themYou give up Slow in speed tests, and its GPUs cost more per hour than DeepInfra's

Strong pick for top open models like Kimi K3 and GLM-5.3 with cheap fine-tuning

Best for Teams fine-tuning smaller open models on a budgetYou give up On-demand GPUs at $8 an hour, twice Together's rate; token prices only in its docs

Smaller host with the main open models; output price is above most rivals

Best for A second source for Kimi K3 and the main open modelsYou give up Scores below hosts that charge less, like Crusoe and DeepInfra

Very fast output, but a small, older model list and high output price

Best for Apps that need very fast output on the older models it offersYou give up First reply is slower than most hosts here, despite the fast output

For EU teams who want a European host and a small free allowance

Best for Trying open models from a European host at no cost at firstYou give up Its data policy is unconfirmed, and prices are at the high end of this list

The fastest measured host, worth it only if raw speed matters more than model choice

Best for Fast agent loops on gpt-oss-120b or Qwen3.8 27BYou give up Only two models, and its listed prices are among the highest here

One key for almost every model and host, with automatic fallback between providers

Best for Comparing many models with one key, including free ones to startYou give up Adds a 5.5% fee on Standard; the free plan caps you at 50 requests a day

Try many hosts through your Hugging Face account at the hosts' own prices

Best for Hugging Face users who want to try several hosts without new accountsYou give up Free accounts must buy credits; not scored yet: no independent test

Handy if your app already runs on Cloudflare; small free daily allowance

Best for Small apps on Cloudflare that fit inside a free daily allowanceYou give up Not scored yet, and its paid price matches the highest on this list