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Affinity vs Together AI

Affinity logo

Affinity

CRM & Sales

Relationship intelligence platform for professionals

From
$49/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Together AI logo

Together AI

AI Tools

Open-source AI at scale

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Together AI has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Affinity built specifically for private capital firms, so it is not a general purpose CRM; Together AI fine tuning carries a minimum charge of $4.00 per job regardless of dataset size
  • They diverge on capability: Affinity covers Contact management, Together AI covers Open-source models.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Affinity and Together AI actually diverge.

Attributes where Affinity and Together AI differ
AttributeAffinityTogether AI
Starting price$49/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionusage-based
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebApi, Cloud
CategoryCRM & SalesAI Tools
Founded20132022

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

  • Contact management
  • Deal tracking
  • Intelligence engine
  • Relationship mapping
  • Integration aggregation
  • Gmail
  • Outlook
  • LinkedIn

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

  • Deal sourcing and pipeline management for venture capital and private equitynot Together AI
  • Automatic capture of email and meeting activity into relationship recordsnot Together AI
  • Finding warm introductions through existing relationship networksnot Together AI
  • Investor relations and fundraising trackingnot Together AI
  • Portfolio company support and reportingnot Together AI

Together AI

  • Serverless inference against open source chat, vision, embedding, image and video modelsnot Affinity
  • Renting dedicated single tenant H100, H200 or B200 GPU clusters by the hournot Affinity
  • Fine tuning open weight models on a per token basisnot Affinity

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Affinity

  • Built specifically for private capital firms, so it is not a general purpose CRM
  • Pricing is not published and requires a demo

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

$49/month
  • Pro$49/month
    • Contact management
    • Deal tracking
    • Intelligence
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Everything in Pro
    • Advanced customization
    • Dedicated support

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 if

  • You need contact management.
  • You also want deal tracking.
Affinity review

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.
Together AI review

Questions people ask

Is Affinity or Together AI better?
Neither clearly leads. Affinity starts at $49/month and Together AI at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Affinity or Together AI?
Together AI has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $49/month for Affinity and Free for Together AI.
Does Affinity or Together AI run on more platforms?
Affinity runs on Web. 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 starts at $49/month.
What is Affinity best used for?
Affinity is most often used for deal sourcing and pipeline management for venture capital and private equity, automatic capture of email and meeting activity into relationship records, finding warm introductions through existing relationship networks, investor relations and fundraising tracking. Of those, deal sourcing and pipeline management for venture capital and private equity and automatic capture of email and meeting activity into relationship records are not what Together AI is typically brought in for.
What can Affinity do that Together AI cannot?
Affinity covers Contact management, Deal tracking, Intelligence engine, Relationship mapping. Together AI covers Open-source models, Fine-tuning, Fast inference, Embeddings.
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