Inference Provider Arbitrage
Synced: 2026-10-30
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OpenRouter vs DeepInfra vs Fireworks AI vs Together AI: 2026 Serverless LLM Pricing Audit
Side-by-side price per 1M tokens, throughput speed (tok/s), and Zero Data Retention (ZDR) comparison across OpenRouter, DeepInfra, Fireworks AI, Together AI, Groq, and RunPod.
Live 2026 FinOps Benchmark Matrix: Inference Provider Arbitrage
| Architecture / Model Tier | 2026 Unit Economics & Pricing | Production FinOps Impact |
|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra Serverless FP8 Endpoints | $0.12/1M Llama 3.3 70B · $0.24/1M DeepSeek V3 | Lowest raw per-token cost |
| Fireworks AI Fast Serverless Inference | 190–320 tok/s on QwQ-32B & DeepSeek R1 | Best speed-to-cost ratio for agents |
| OpenRouter Unified Multi-Host Gateway | 0% markup with BYOK + automatic host failover | 460+ models under 1 API key |
| RunPod Dedicated H100 / A100 vLLM Pods | Beats serverless APIs above 45M tokens/day | $0 marginal token cost at high utilization |
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