AWS
vs
Together AI
What's good about each
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
- Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
- 30+ datacenter locations around the world
- Per-minute billing with transparent pricing
- High-performance GPUs including H100, H200, and GB200
- Support for 200+ open-source AI models
- Both serverless and dedicated cluster options
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | AWS | Together AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $7.49 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $119.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $248.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $8.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $24.63 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $57.59 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $24.82 /mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $22.57 /mo Network Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $36.26 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $90.00 /TB $0.09 / GB (North America) | -- Not listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
AWS offers 18 GPU models, while Together AI offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AWS | Together AI | Difference |
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$6.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 3.5x more expensive on AWS |
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$17.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- On request | |
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$14.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 3.5x more expensive on AWS |
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$7.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.6x more expensive on AWS |
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$10.58 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- On request | |
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-- On request | -- On request | |
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$3.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | AWS only |
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$1.17 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | AWS only |
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$0.80 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | AWS only |
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$0.37 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | AWS only |
AWS bills on-demand and reserved (12 or 36 months); Together AI bills on-demand and reserved (1, 3 or 6 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | AWS | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 31 | 26 |
| Example customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro | Pika Labs, Nexusflow, Arcee AI |
| Website | aws.amazon.com | together.ai |
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Our data for AWS was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Together AI on Sept. 11, 2026.