SolanaLM vs Together AI
Centralized inference and fine-tuning provider.
Together AI is a centralized inference provider with excellent UX and fast endpoints. SolanaLM is decentralized, open source, and self-hostable — different trade-offs for different problems.
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Self-hostable, no lock-in
MIT-licensed. Clone the repo and run a private fleet. Together AI is a SaaS — your usage and data live on their infrastructure.
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Privacy-preserving inference
Onion routing means no single node sees prompt source and content together. Centralized providers are by definition a single point of trust.
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Per-request settlement on-chain
You can audit every payment. With a centralized provider, you trust the invoice.
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Federated learning included
Together AI focuses on inference and fine-tuning. SolanaLM ships a full FL runtime alongside.
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Lower operational burden
You don't run anything. Hit an endpoint, get a completion. SolanaLM self-hosters run more infrastructure.
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Best-in-class throughput
Together has invested heavily in serving stacks. For raw tokens/sec on hosted Llama, they're excellent.
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Polished fine-tuning UX
Their fine-tuning UI and pipelines are mature.
Try it yourself.
The repo is MIT licensed. Read the code, run the quick-start, decide for yourself.