Pick DeepInfra if
developers who already have an OpenAI client and want a cheaper or open-weight endpoint with a printed row.
Read the DeepInfra pageDeepInfra vs Groq
Our take
Pick DeepInfra if developers who already have an OpenAI client and want a cheaper or open-weight endpoint with a printed row. Pick Groq if developers who will copy a model ID and a $/1M row from the Supported Models table. Skip DeepInfra if people who want a consumer chat app (ChatGPT) or a local runtime (Ollama).
Groq
hosted inference API on GroqCloud
Best for
DeepInfra One HTTP call to a hosted model
Groq Fast token generation billed per 1M tokens
Free plan
DeepInfra No free plan
Groq No free plan
Lowest paid
DeepInfra bge-base-en-v1.5 $0.005
Groq Llama Prompt Guard 2 22M $0.03
Next step up
DeepInfra Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-Turbo $0.02
Groq Whisper large-v3-turbo $0.04/hour
Coding agent
DeepInfra Tool calling
Groq
Runs where
DeepInfra Hosted
Groq Hosted
Watch out
DeepInfra No card, no calls
Groq Rows move
Last checked
DeepInfra 2026-10-22 · deepinfra.com/pricing
Groq 2026-10-22 · console.groq.com/docs/models
Which one, then?
Pick Groq if
developers who will copy a model ID and a $/1M row from the Supported Models table.
Read the Groq page