Salad vs Together AI

Together AI offers traditional cloud GPU instances, while Salad leverages distributed consumer hardware for cost-effective GPU computing at scale.

What's good about...

Salad logo Salad

  • 60,000+ daily active GPUs across 191 countries
  • Consumer GPU range from GTX 1050 Ti to RTX 5090
  • Rates well below datacenter GPU clouds
  • Fully managed container engine, Kubernetes-compatible deployments
  • Secure Cloud option for enterprise datacenter GPUs

Together AI logo Together AI

  • 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

Salad logo Salad Pricing

Salad bills per hour for resources actually consumed, with no commitments. Instances are priced by component, combining the GPU rate with per-vCPU and per-GB memory rates, plus a priority level that trades cost against scheduling preference. Volume discounts are available for large deployments.

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Salad Salad
On-Demand
Together AI Together AI
On-DemandReserved (1mo)Reserved (3mo)Reserved (6mo)Custom

Heads up: Prices are estimates from published rates for common setups and vary by region and usage; verify with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Salad and Together AI offer:

Company details

Website
Salad Salad
salad.com
Together AI Together AI
together.ai
Headquarters
Salad Salad
United States of America US flag
Together AI Together AI
United States of America US flag
Founded
Salad Salad
2018
Together AI Together AI
2020
Data Center Locations
Salad Salad
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Together AI Together AI
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Example Customers
Salad Salad
Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai
Together AI Together AI
Pika Labs, Nexusflow, Arcee AI

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Our data for Salad was last updated on Aug. 29, 2026, and for Together AI on Aug. 29, 2026.