DeepInfra

Low-cost cloud API for running open-source AI models

As of 29 August 2026, DeepInfra starts at $0.08/month. Pay-as-you-go inference platform hosting 100+ open-source text, image, and speech models on optimized infrastructure. Softwr lists it under Cloud. DeepInfra is available on Web, API.

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Overview

What DeepInfra does

DeepInfra is a cloud inference platform that hosts over 100 open-source machine learning models, including large language models, speech recognition, and image generation systems. It runs on proprietary inference-optimized hardware in US-based data centers, offers context windows up to 1 million tokens on select models, and bills per token with no long-term contracts. DeepInfra also offers DeepCluster, dedicated GPU clusters for teams needing reserved capacity, and maintains SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certification with a zero data retention policy.

What people use it for

Running open-source LLM inference without managing GPUs
Serving speech and image generation models via API
Cost-sensitive production inference at scale
Reserved GPU capacity via DeepCluster for steady workloads

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about DeepInfra.

Focuses on inference hosting rather than fine-tuning or full training pipelines that competitors like Fireworks AI offer.
Model selection is limited to what DeepInfra chooses to host, unlike self-managed platforms.
No published free tier; usage is billed from the first token.

Cross-shopped

What people choose instead of DeepInfra

Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.

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Fireworks AI
Fireworks AI: Both host open-source models for pay-per-token inference at competitive pricing.
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Anyscale
Anyscale: Both provide GPU-backed compute for AI workloads, with Anyscale focused more on distributed training.
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Together AI
Together AI: Together AI similarly offers pay-per-token hosting of open-source LLMs as an alternative to self-managed GPU infrastructure.

Pricing

What DeepInfra costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Pay-as-you-go

On request

Per-model token pricing from $0.08 to $2.85 per million input tokens
No long-term contract

DeepCluster

$1.98 /mo

Dedicated NVIDIA B300 GPU clusters at $1.98/GPU-hour

Capabilities

Features

Open model hosting
Serves 100+ open-source models including DeepSeek, Qwen, and Kimi variants
Pay-per-token pricing
Transparent per-million-token pricing with no minimum commitment
Long context support
Up to 1 million token context windows on select models
DeepCluster
Dedicated NVIDIA GPU clusters for reserved, high-volume workloads
Zero retention policy
Inputs and outputs are not retained after processing
Real-time metrics
Tracks tokens per second, latency, and throughput per request

Answered, with sources

Questions people ask

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Is there a free tier on DeepInfra?

No free tier is published; usage is billed pay-as-you-go from the first token, though a credit card or pre-payment is required before you can send requests.

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How is usage priced?

Language models are billed per million input/output tokens, other models by inference execution time, and audio models per minute of audio processed, with no minimum commitment.

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What are the Standard, Priority, and Flex tiers?

Standard is default best-effort pricing at 1x, Priority costs 1.5x for faster time-to-first-token during peak demand, and Flex costs 0.8x for non-production or asynchronous workloads.

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How does billing scale with spend?

Accounts advance through usage tiers as cumulative payments cross $20, $100, $500, $2,000, and $10,000 thresholds, with invoices generated monthly or at each threshold.

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Is there a limit on concurrent requests?

Yes, accounts are limited to 200 concurrent requests by default, though spending limits can also be configured to prevent unexpected charges.

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Behind it

Who makes DeepInfra

Company: DeepInfra
Based in: Palo Alto, CA
Founders: Georges Harik

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