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Affinity Designer vs Together AI

Affinity Designer
Design Tools
Professional graphic design software for everyone
- From
- $69.99/one-time
- Rated
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The short version
- Only Together AI has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Affinity Designer sold as a one-time purchase rather than a subscription: the Windows or macOS edition was priced at CA$94.99, the cross-platform Universal License at CA$224.99, and the standalone iPad edition at CA$24.99 (Internet Archive capture, 1 January 2024); Together AI fine tuning carries a minimum charge of $4.00 per job regardless of dataset size
- They diverge on capability: Affinity Designer covers Vector drawing, Together AI covers Open-source models.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Affinity Designer and Together AI actually diverge.
| Attribute | Affinity Designer | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $69.99/one-time | Free |
| Pricing model | one-time | usage-based |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Windows, Macos, Ios | Api, Cloud |
| Category | Design Tools | AI Tools |
| Founded | 1994 | 2022 |
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Affinity Designer
- Vector drawing
- Bezier tools
- Gradient tools
- Typography
- Pixel-perfect editing
- Artboards
- Symbols
- Non-destructive effects
Only in Together AI
- Open-source models
- Fine-tuning
- Fast inference
- Embeddings
- REST API
- Python SDK
- OpenAI compatible
- Api support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Affinity Designer
- Logo designnot Together AI
- Vector illustrationnot Together AI
- Icon designnot Together AI
- Brandingnot Together AI
Together AI
- Serverless inference against open source chat, vision, embedding, image and video modelsnot Affinity Designer
- Renting dedicated single tenant H100, H200 or B200 GPU clusters by the hournot Affinity Designer
- Fine tuning open weight models on a per token basisnot Affinity Designer
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Affinity Designer
- Sold as a one-time purchase rather than a subscription: the Windows or macOS edition was priced at CA$94.99, the cross-platform Universal License at CA$224.99, and the standalone iPad edition at CA$24.99 (Internet Archive capture, 1 January 2024)
Together AI
- Fine tuning carries a minimum charge of $4.00 per job regardless of dataset size
- Reserved GPU commitments beyond 180 days are priced by contacting sales with no published rate
- Volume and enterprise discounts are quote only with no published threshold
- Reserved dedicated inference pricing is contact sales while only on demand rates of $5.49 to $8.99 per GPU hour are published
Pricing, plan by plan
Affinity Designer
$69.99/one-time- Standard$69.99/one-time
- Full version
- All features
- Lifetime updates
Together AI
Free- FreeFree
- $5 credits
- API access
- Pay-per-use$0.2/per-million-tokens
- All models
- Fine-tuning
Which should you pick?
Choose Affinity Designer if
- You need vector drawing.
- You work on Windows, Macos, Ios.
- You also want bezier tools.
Choose Together AI if
- You need open-source models.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Api, Cloud.
- You also want fine-tuning.
Questions people ask
- Is Affinity Designer or Together AI better?
- Neither clearly leads. Affinity Designer starts at $69.99/one-time and Together AI at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Affinity Designer or Together AI?
- Together AI has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $69.99/one-time for Affinity Designer and Free for Together AI.
- Does Affinity Designer or Together AI run on more platforms?
- Affinity Designer runs on Windows, Macos, Ios. Together AI runs on Api, Cloud.
- Can I use Together AI for free?
- Yes. Together AI has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Affinity Designer starts at $69.99/one-time.
- What is Affinity Designer best used for?
- Affinity Designer is most often used for logo design, vector illustration, icon design, branding. Of those, logo design and vector illustration are not what Together AI is typically brought in for.
- What can Affinity Designer do that Together AI cannot?
- Affinity Designer covers Vector drawing, Bezier tools, Gradient tools, Typography. Together AI covers Open-source models, Fine-tuning, Fast inference, Embeddings.
Related pages
More on Affinity Designer
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