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Claude Developer Platform (Claude API) vs Together AI
A fact-based comparison built only from each tool's verified directory profile — pricing summaries, plan availability, platforms, and stated strengths and limitations. No rankings, no sponsored placement.
| Criterion | Claude Developer Platform (Claude API) | Together AI |
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| Category | LLM APIs & Model Platforms | Inference & Model Hosting |
| In one sentence | Developer access to Anthropic's Claude models with usage-based pricing, batch discounts and prompt caching. | Cloud platform for running, fine-tuning and training open models on serverless APIs or rented GPUs. |
| Problem it solves | Building assistants, agents and document workflows on a hosted model without managing GPUs or model training. | Running open models in production without buying and operating your own GPUs. |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Developer API | Yes — docs | Yes — docs |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Web (Claude Console), REST API, Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud, Microsoft Foundry, Claude Platform on AWS | Web, REST API |
| Pricing (summary) | Usage-based per 1M tokens. Fable 5.1 is $10 input / $50 output, Opus 5.5 $4 / $20, Sonnet 5.5 $2 / $10 and Haiku 5.5 from $0.10 / $0.50 (higher above 100K-token prompts). Batch requests are 50% off and cache reads cost a small fraction of input price. Checked 2026-10-19 | Usage-based. Serverless models are billed per 1M tokens (for example gpt-oss-120B $0.15 / $0.60, Kimi K3 $3 / $15). Dedicated endpoints and GPU clusters are billed per GPU-hour, and fine-tuning per 1M training tokens with minimum charges. Checked 2026-10-19 |
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How to choose
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