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Runpod
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Developer-focused GPU cloud offering on-demand pods, serverless inference and multi-node clusters at per-second pricing for AI workloads.

2.3M visits/mo
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Evolink AI Model API
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One API to access leading LLM, image, video, and audio models with pay-as-you-go, usage-based pricing.

363K visits/mo1.5K saves
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ZenMux
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Enterprise unified API gateway giving one integration point to 100+ LLMs like Claude, GPT, and Gemini with reliability guarantees.

435K visits/mo11K saves
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Modal
✓ verifiedFreemium

Serverless AI cloud for running inference, training and sandboxes on GPUs with fast cold starts and pay-per-use billing.

988K visits/mo
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OpenRouter
✓ verifiedFreemium

Unified API gateway that routes requests to 400+ LLMs across 70+ providers with failover and no subscription.

17M visits/mo
Pricing
Pods A40 48GB: $0.44/hr
Pods RTX 4090 24GB: $0.69/hr
Pods A100 SXM 80GB: $1.49/hr
Pods H100 SXM 80GB: $2.99/hr
Pods H200 141GB: $4.39/hr
Pods B300 288GB: $7.39/hr
Usage-based pay-as-you-go (e.g., Seedance 2.0 $0.198/s, GPT Image 2 from $0.015/image)

No public pricing

Starter: $0/mo + compute ($30 free credit)
Team: $250/mo + compute
Free: $0 (free models only, 50 requests/day)
Pay-as-you-go: 5.5% platform fee on inference
Core features
  • On-demand GPU pods across 30+ GPU types and 31 regions
  • Serverless GPU endpoints with sub-200ms cold starts
  • Zero idle cost billing for inference workloads
  • Multi-node clusters for distributed training
  • Persistent network storage for full pipelines
  • Real-time logs, monitoring and autoscaling from 0 to hundreds of workers
  • Single API for LLM, image, video, and audio models
  • Access to GPT, Claude, Gemini, Seedance, and more
  • Usage-based, pay-as-you-go pricing
  • Model comparison and documented capabilities
  • Smart Router for model selection
  • 99.9% uptime, no credit card to start
  • Unified API for 100+ AI models
  • Intelligent request routing across models
  • AI Model Insurance for quality/reliability guarantees
  • Enterprise-focused LLM access layer
  • Serverless GPU compute defined in Python
  • Sub-second container cold starts
  • Autoscale 0 to 1000+ GPUs
  • Inference, training and batch workloads
  • Secure sandboxes for untrusted code
  • Built-in logging and observability
  • One unified, OpenAI-compatible API for 400+ models
  • Automatic provider failover for higher uptime
  • Edge routing for low latency
  • Custom data and provider policies
  • Pay-as-you-go credits usable across any model
Use cases
  • Renting GPUs for model training and fine-tuning
  • Deploying low-latency real-time inference APIs
  • Running AI agents that need to scale instantly
  • Processing compute-heavy batch or distributed workloads
  • Add multiple AI models to a product via one API
  • Switch between model providers without rewrites
  • Generate video, images, and audio programmatically
  • Build AI agents and workflows
  • Building applications that need failover across multiple LLM providers
  • Consolidating billing/access to many AI models under one API
  • Enterprises requiring guaranteed model output reliability
  • Deploying and scaling model inference
  • Fine-tuning and training models
  • Running batch/parallel AI jobs
  • Executing untrusted code in sandboxes
  • Accessing many LLMs through one integration
  • Adding provider redundancy to AI apps
  • Comparing model price and performance
  • Powering agents and AI-native products
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