Pick Modal if
python teams with spiky GPU/CPU jobs who will read a per-second table.
Read the Modal pageModal vs Together AI
Our take
Pick Modal if python teams with spiky GPU/CPU jobs who will read a per-second table. Pick Together AI if developers who want one HTTP call to Llama/Qwen/DeepSeek-class models and will read the per-model row. Skip Modal if people who want a hosted chat playground (Together AI) or a one-click image studio (Replicate). Skip Together AI if people who want a local engine (vLLM, Ollama) or a single Flux playground with a
Together AI
hosted inference (and fine-tune) platform
Best for
Modal Run a containerized function on burst GPUs
Together AI Pay for open-model tokens without standing up a GPU
Free plan
Modal $0 · / month + compute. Up to 3 seats. Included compute $30 / month. 1-day logs. 5 deployed crons
Together AI No free plan
Lowest paid
Modal CPU $0.0000131/mo
Together AI Ternary Bonsai 27B $0.00
Next step up
Modal Example GPU list (per second) $0.001097
Together AI Tev1 4B Experimental $0.04
Runs where
Modal
Together AI Hosted
Watch out
Modal $0 is the seat, not the GPU
Together AI You are billed per token (or per dedicated GPU), not $20/month chat
Last checked
Modal 2026-10-21 · modal.com/pricing
Together AI 2026-10-20 · together.ai/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Together AI if
developers who want one HTTP call to Llama/Qwen/DeepSeek-class models and will read the per-model row.
Read the Together AI page