Salad vs Together

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 logo Together

  • 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.

Together logo Together Pricing

Together AI uses a per-minute billing model with transparent pricing across all supported GPU models.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Salad Salad
$0.03/hr
Together Together
$3.09/hr

Billing Options

Salad Salad
On-Demand
Together Together
On-DemandCustomReserved (3mo)Reserved (6mo)Reserved (1mo)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Salad and Together offer:

Company details

Website
Salad Salad
salad.com
Together Together
together.ai
Headquarters
Salad Salad
United States of America
Together Together
United States of America
Founded
Salad Salad
2018
Together Together
2020
Data Center Locations
Salad Salad
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Together Together
26
Example Customers
Salad Salad
Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai
Together Together
Pika Labs, Nexusflow, Arcee AI

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Our data for Salad was last updated on Aug. 9, 2026, and for Together on July 1, 2026.