Pick Blackbox if
security-sensitive teams that will sign an annual token commit and want encryption on every hop.
Read the Blackbox pageBlackbox vs Fireworks AI
Our take
Pick Blackbox if security-sensitive teams that will sign an annual token commit and want encryption on every hop. Pick Fireworks AI if developers who will pick a library card and copy the Standard $/1M triple. Skip Blackbox if individual developers who want a monthly IDE seat (Cursor or GitHub Copilot).
Fireworks AI
serverless (and dedicated-GPU) inference
Best for
Blackbox Tokens that stay sealed in the client
Fireworks AI One HTTP call to an open model with a printed row
Free plan
Blackbox No free plan
Fireworks AI No free plan
Lowest paid
Blackbox DeepSeek V4.1 Flash $0.07
Fireworks AI NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B $0.05
Next step up
Blackbox GLM-5.3 $1.40
Fireworks AI GLM 5.3 Flash $0.15
Coding agent
Blackbox Cloud coding agents
Fireworks AI
Runs where
Blackbox Hosted
Fireworks AI
Watch out
Blackbox Sales-gated from the start
Fireworks AI You are billed per token (or per GPU hour)
Last checked
Blackbox 2026-10-22 · blackbox.ai/pricing
Fireworks AI 2026-10-22 · docs.fireworks.ai/serverless/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Fireworks AI if
developers who will pick a library card and copy the Standard $/1M triple.
Read the Fireworks AI page