Baseten Review
Inference platform for deploying custom, fine-tuned, and open-source models to production
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Baseten is a platform for deploying models to production, whether that's a custom-trained model, a fine-tune, or an open-source checkpoint. You get dedicated GPU deployments billed per minute of actual use, plus a separate catalog of hosted Model APIs billed per token for popular open models.
It's built for teams that want inference infrastructure without running their own GPU clusters: autoscaling, cold-start optimization, and a CLI/MCP server for deploying and managing models from code or from an agent. Pro and Enterprise tiers add priority compute, custom SLAs, and options to self-host in your own cloud.
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Who it's for
- ✓ Teams deploying custom or fine-tuned models that need dedicated GPU capacity with autoscaling
- ✓ Teams that want to swap in open-source models via a hosted token-based API without managing GPUs
Who should look elsewhere
- ✗ Teams that want a fixed monthly bill they can predict regardless of traffic
- ✗ Teams that need enterprise pricing published up front instead of a sales call
Pros
- + No idle-time billing on dedicated deployments, only pay for active compute minutes
- + Per-minute GPU rates and per-token Model API rates are published on the site, not hidden behind a demo request
- + Recent releases (CLI, MCP server, event overlays on metrics) show active platform investment
Cons
- – Traffic spikes translate directly into cost spikes since autoscaling adds GPU instances automatically, making budgets hard to forecast for bursty workloads
- – Pro and Enterprise pricing is quote-only with no published starting price
- – No genuinely free usage tier: signup credits run out and every deployment minute or token is billed after that
Baseten pricing
You pay for what you consume rather than a per-seat fee, so cost scales with usage.
| Plan | Price | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | Pay-as-you-go compute, no monthly subscription fee · Dedicated deployments and Model APIs · Training · Free credits for new accounts · Email and in-app chat support |
| Pro | Custom | Priority GPU access · Dedicated compute · Higher Model API rate limits · Dedicated Slack and Zoom support |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom SLAs · Self-host in your own cloud · Data residency control · Advanced RBAC and security compliance |
Basic has no monthly subscription fee: dedicated GPU deployments bill per minute of active use (T4 $0.01052/min up to B200 $0.16633/min, with no charge for idle compute), and hosted Model APIs bill per million tokens with rates set per model (for example GPT OSS 120B at $0.10 input / $0.50 output per million tokens, DeepSeek V4 at $1.74 / $3.48). New accounts get signup credits to experiment, but there is no ongoing free-usage tier once those run out. Pro and Enterprise are quote-only with negotiated volume discounts, so there is no public starting price for those tiers.
Pricing verified July 7, 2026 · source
How Baseten's pricing compares
Baseten next to its closest alternatives on entry price, billing, and whether pricing is public.
| Tool | Starting price | Billing | Free option | Pricing disclosed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseten | Custom / quote | usage-based | No | Not disclosed |
| Modal | $0.0000131/core-second | usage-based | Yes | Partly public |
| Replicate | $0.000025/second | usage-based | No | Public |
| Together AI | Usage-based | usage-based | No | Public |
| Fireworks AI | Usage-based | usage-based | Trial ($1 in free credits for new accounts to test serverless inference) | Partly public |
| RunPod | Usage-based | usage-based | No | Public |
Is Baseten still actively developed?
Last significant update: July 2026. Org admins can now view every member's personal API keys alongside team keys, and metrics/logs graphs now overlay platform events so you can line up a latency spike or scaling change with its cause.
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Baseten FAQ
Is Baseten free?+
The Basic tier has no monthly fee. You pay only for the GPU minutes or tokens you use, and new accounts start with free credits to experiment before spending real money.
How much does Baseten cost for GPU deployments?+
Dedicated deployments bill per minute of active use: T4 at $0.01052/min up to B200 at $0.16633/min, with nothing charged while a deployment is idle or scaled to zero.
Can I get a fixed price quote for Pro or Enterprise?+
No public price is listed for Pro or Enterprise. Both are volume-discounted and require talking to sales.