T 
Together AI
Inference, fine-tuning and GPU clusters for open-source models.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep it — Meta has not replaced it
Meta's version overlaps, but does not finish the AI assistants job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Closed models from OpenAI and Anthropic dominate quality benchmarks. Meta, January 1, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Fireworks AI and Groq.
- What the call is worth nothing to cancel
- No paid entry tier tracked, so there is no subscription to cancel.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Meta
- Since
- January 1, 2025
- List price
- free
- Per year
- —
The backstory
Together's whole thesis rests on open weights staying close enough to the frontier to be worth running, which Llama, Qwen and DeepSeek have mostly delivered. It sells the full ladder — an API for prototypes, dedicated endpoints for production, raw clusters for training.
Escape hatches
F 
Fireworks AI Direct competitor.
fireworks.ai open_in_new G 
Groq Faster, narrower catalogue.
groq.com open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.