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Brex vs Together AI

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Brex

Software

The financial stack for growing businesses

From
$29/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Together AI

Software

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: Brex the free Essentials tier is limited to two legal entities; Together AI fine tuning carries a minimum charge of $4.00 per job regardless of dataset size
  • They diverge on capability: Brex covers Corporate cards, Together AI covers Open-source models.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Brex and Together AI differ
AttributeBrexTogether AI
Starting price$29/monthFree
Pricing modelfreemiumusage-based
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidApi, Cloud
Founded20172022

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Brex

  • Corporate cards
  • Business accounts
  • Expense management
  • Bill pay
  • Travel
  • QuickBooks
  • NetSuite
  • Xero

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.

Brex

  • Corporate cards with spend controls for startupsnot Together AI
  • Expense management and reimbursementsnot Together AI
  • Travel booking inside the spend platformnot Together AI
  • Bill pay and accounting system syncnot Together AI
  • Multi-entity spend management on the paid tiersnot Together AI

Together AI

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

Where each one falls short

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

Brex

  • The free Essentials tier is limited to two legal entities
  • Premium is $12 per user per month, so cost scales with headcount using the card
  • Enterprise and Smart Card pricing is not published
  • Eligibility criteria are not stated anywhere on the pricing page, which matters for a product that extends credit

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

Brex

$29/month
  • EssentialsFree
    • Corporate cards
    • Expense management
    • Bill pay
  • Premium$12/month
    • Advanced controls
    • Custom approvals
    • Travel booking

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 Brex if

  • You need corporate cards.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want business accounts.
Brex 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 Brex or Together AI better?
Neither clearly leads. Brex starts at $29/month and Together AI at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Brex or Together AI?
Together AI has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $29/month for Brex and Free for Together AI.
Does Brex or Together AI run on more platforms?
Brex runs on Web, Ios, Android. 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. Brex starts at $29/month.
What is Brex best used for?
Brex is most often used for corporate cards with spend controls for startups, expense management and reimbursements, travel booking inside the spend platform, bill pay and accounting system sync. Of those, corporate cards with spend controls for startups and expense management and reimbursements are not what Together AI is typically brought in for.
What can Brex do that Together AI cannot?
Brex covers Corporate cards, Business accounts, Expense management, Bill pay. Together AI covers Open-source models, Fine-tuning, Fast inference, Embeddings.
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