Pick Fireworks AI if
developers who will pick a library card and copy the Standard $/1M triple.
Read the Fireworks AI pageFireworks AI vs FriendliAI
Our take
Pick Fireworks AI if developers who will pick a library card and copy the Standard $/1M triple. Pick FriendliAI if inference teams who will start on Model APIs (pay per token) and only open Dedicated when they need a pinned H100 at $5/hr — not a team looking for a $20 chat plan.
Fireworks AI
serverless (and dedicated-GPU) inference
Best for
Fireworks AI One HTTP call to an open model with a printed row
FriendliAI Serve tokens (or audio seconds) on published $/hr or per-token rates
Free plan
Fireworks AI No free plan
FriendliAI No free plan
Lowest paid
Fireworks AI NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B $0.05
FriendliAI Dedicated on-demand $4.0
Next step up
Fireworks AI GLM 5.3 Flash $0.15
FriendliAI
Watch out
Fireworks AI You are billed per token (or per GPU hour)
FriendliAI Model API token dollars are per-model and JS-rendered
Last checked
Fireworks AI 2026-10-22 · docs.fireworks.ai/serverless/pricing
FriendliAI 2026-10-22 · friendli.ai/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick FriendliAI if
inference teams who will start on Model APIs (pay per token) and only open Dedicated when they need a pinned H100 at $5/hr — not a team looking for a $20 chat plan.
Read the FriendliAI page