Hugging Face vs Together AI

Side-by-side comparison of Hugging Face and Together AI: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Hugging Face The GitHub of AI — host, share, and run models with 500K+ models, datasets, and Spaces. Visit	Together AI The AI Native Cloud — full-stack platform for inference, compute, and model shaping Visit
Category	AI infrastructure	AI infrastructure
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium
Starting price	USD 9/mo
Free tier
Audience	Technical	Technical
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider	Community (various)	Open-source models (Llama, DeepSeek, Qwen, Mistral, and more)
Founded	2016	2022
Headquarters	New York, US	San Francisco, USA
Key strengths	·500K+ models ·Transformers library ·Spaces (demos) ·Inference API	·Industry-leading inference speed (31%+ more TPS than next-fastest OSS engine) ·Full-stack platform: inference, compute, fine-tuning, storage, and sandboxes ·Cutting-edge in-house research (FlashAttention, ThunderKittens, ATLAS) ·Broad open-source model library with serverless and dedicated deployment options