Baseten
situationalModel serving and inference infrastructure for production ML.
Visit baseten.co →> **Baseten** — situational > Verified 2026-08-19 > Limitation: No free tier for production use. > > https://noemium.com/tools/baseten/Add to kitOpen in NoemiumFact-check this catalog entry for Baseten (dev-infra). Verdict: situational Verdict text: Solid managed inference for custom models with scaling and observability. Strong for teams that outgrow Replicate but don't want to build their own serving stack. Pricing is opaque and requires sales for big deployments. Limitations: - No free tier for production use. - Pricing requires talking to sales for accurate estimates. - Smaller ecosystem than hyperscaler options. Receipts: https://www.baseten.co https://www.baseten.co/pricing Last verified: 2026-08-19 Find outdated prices, wrong claims, or missing limitations. Cite primary sources (docs, pricing pages, benchmarks, model cards). Do not use marketing pages.[](https://noemium.com/tools/baseten/)
ledger entry · observed by @whysanesanders
Solid managed inference for custom models with scaling and observability. Strong for teams that outgrow Replicate but don't want to build their own serving stack. Pricing is opaque and requires sales for big deployments.
Strengths
- Managed inference with scaling and observability for custom models.
- Strong fit for teams that have outgrown Replicate.
- Enterprise plans offer a self-host option.
Known limitations
- No free tier for production use.
- Pricing requires talking to sales for accurate estimates.
- Smaller ecosystem than hyperscaler options.
Use it when
- Production ML models that need managed serving without building the stack.
- Teams outgrowing Replicate but not ready to build their own serving.
- Enterprises that need self-hosted inference for compliance.
Skip it when
- You need transparent self-serve pricing before talking to sales.
- A smaller ecosystem than hyperscalers is a blocker.
- You need a free tier for production workloads.
Buy-check
- ·Price — paid, usage-based; new accounts get free credits; enterprise plans support self-host as of 2026-08-19. Open the pricing page, not a screenshot.
- ·Free tier — No free tier — the trial clock starts at checkout.
- ·Cancel fallout — What happens to your data/projects on cancel — check the ToS, not the FAQ.
- ·Seat math — Per-seat pricing multiplies quietly. Count seats before the annual plan.
- ·Who skips it — Also skipped when: You need transparent self-serve pricing before talking to sales.; A smaller ecosystem than hyperscalers is a blocker..
Price trail — 1 revisionchangelog →
- 2026-W34usage-based; custom enterprise plansusage-based; new accounts get free credits; enterpris…
Facts
- pricing
- paid1
- price note
- usage-based; new accounts get free credits; enterprise plans support self-host
- free tier
- no
- open source
- no
- api
- yes
- self-host
- yes
- category
- dev-infra
- evidence
- source-verified
- Models
- BYOK
Data: trains on inputs unknown · local processing yes
Sources
No source, no number.
Similar joball alternatives →
| tool | verdict | price | oss | self-host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseten | situational | paid | no | yes |
| Modal | ship | freemium | no | no |
| OpenRouter | ship | freemium | no | no |
| Replicate | ship | paid | no | no |
Facts from the catalog files — not scores you can buy. Quality and speed stay in the briefing, not in a fake 1–5 grid.
Modal
Serverless GPU and compute platform for running ML and AI workloads.
APIFREE TIER
freemiumfree tier ($30/mo compute); pay-as-you-go beyond
OpenRouteranchor
One API for every major model — unified billing, fallbacks and routing.
APIFREE TIER
freemiumpay-per-token pass-through plus a small fee
Replicate
Run any community model via API — pay per second, no GPU wrangling.
API
paidpay per run; image models from ~$0.003/image