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9 Together AI alternatives, ranked

Picked from the top10.dev AI/ML Tools rankings. Each option includes why a developer would choose it over Together AI.

#1
OpenAI API score 10.0/10 · CROWN

The API that started the LLM revolution. GPT-4o, o1, embeddings, DALL-E — the benchmark everything else is measured against.

  • Strong on: Best-in-class models
  • Addresses Together AI's tradeoff: Smaller than OpenAI ecosystem
  • Higher overall score (10.0 vs 8.5)
#2
Hugging Face score 10.0/10 · RISING

The GitHub of AI. 900k+ models, datasets, and Spaces. The hub of the open-source ML ecosystem.

  • Strong on: Massive model hub
  • Addresses Together AI's tradeoff: Smaller than OpenAI ecosystem
  • Higher overall score (10.0 vs 8.5)
#3
Anthropic Claude score 10.0/10

The safety-first frontier model. Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3 Opus lead on reasoning, coding, and long context.

  • Strong on: Best for long context (200k tokens)
  • Addresses Together AI's tradeoff: Smaller than OpenAI ecosystem
  • Higher overall score (10.0 vs 8.5)
#4
LangChain score 10.0/10

The framework for LLM applications. Chains, agents, RAG — the glue between your code and language models.

  • Strong on: Huge ecosystem
  • Addresses Together AI's tradeoff: Smaller than OpenAI ecosystem
  • Higher overall score (10.0 vs 8.5)
#5
Ollama score 10.0/10 · RISING

Run LLMs locally. Pull and run Llama, Mistral, Gemma, and 100+ models with a single command.

  • Strong on: Run models completely locally
  • Addresses Together AI's tradeoff: Smaller than OpenAI ecosystem
  • Higher overall score (10.0 vs 8.5)
#6
Replicate score 10.0/10

Run ML models in the cloud via API. Image generation, video, audio — deploy any model with one line.

  • Strong on: Any model via API
  • Addresses Together AI's tradeoff: Smaller than OpenAI ecosystem
  • Higher overall score (10.0 vs 8.5)
#7
vLLM score 10.0/10 · NEW

High-throughput LLM inference engine. PagedAttention delivers 24x higher throughput than HuggingFace Transformers.

  • Strong on: Incredible throughput
  • Addresses Together AI's tradeoff: Smaller than OpenAI ecosystem
  • Higher overall score (10.0 vs 8.5)
#8
Weights & Biases score 8.2/10

The MLOps platform. Experiment tracking, model versioning, dataset management. How serious ML teams work.

  • Strong on: Best experiment tracking
  • Addresses Together AI's tradeoff: Smaller than OpenAI ecosystem
  • Also: Sweeps for hyperparameter tuning
#9
MLflow score 8.0/10

Open source platform for the ML lifecycle. Track experiments, package models, deploy anywhere.

  • Strong on: Open source and free
  • Addresses Together AI's tradeoff: Smaller than OpenAI ecosystem
  • Also: Works everywhere