// alternatives to
Groq Alternatives
Groq's LPU is the fastest free inference available, but it has rate limits and a smaller model selection. These providers offer speed-focused alternatives.
OpenRouter
LLM
94
/ 100
Trust score breakdown
Reliability35%
Free Tier30%
Documentation20%
Popularity15%
composite94/100
One API, 100+ models. Pay-as-you-go with no markup.
50 req/min · 20 req/day free models · no card✓ no card
Multi-modelStreamingVision
DeepSeek
LLM
93
/ 100
Trust score breakdown
Reliability35%
Free Tier30%
Documentation20%
Popularity15%
composite93/100
Open-weights frontier model. Industry-low pricing.
5M tokens free · then $0.14/M input · no card✓ no card
Open weightsReasoningCheap
Together
LLM
91
/ 100
Trust score breakdown
Reliability35%
Free Tier30%
Documentation20%
Popularity15%
composite91/100
Open-source models at scale. $5 free credits.
$5 credits · no card✓ no card
Open weightsFine-tuningEmbeddings
Fireworks AI
LLM
88
/ 100
Trust score breakdown
Reliability35%
Free Tier30%
Documentation20%
Popularity15%
composite88/100
Blazing fast OSS inference. $1 free credits.
$1 credits · no card✓ no card
Fast inferenceFunction callingOpen weights
Cerebras
LLM
93
/ 100
Trust score breakdown
Reliability35%
Free Tier30%
Documentation20%
Popularity15%
composite93/100
2,000+ tokens/sec on Llama 70B. Free tier available.
30 req/min · 1M tokens/day · no card✓ no card
Fastest inferenceOpenAI-compatibleStreaming
SambaNova
LLM
89
/ 100
Trust score breakdown
Reliability35%
Free Tier30%
Documentation20%
Popularity15%
composite89/100
RDU-powered inference. Llama 405B for free.
600 req/min · free · no card✓ no card
Fast inferenceLlama 405BOpenAI-compatible