SiliconFlow Alternatives
OpenAI-compatible API serving 200+ open-source LLM and multimodal models
SiliconFlow is an inference platform that serves open-source LLMs alongside image, video, and audio models through a single OpenAI-compatible API.
Explore 92 alternatives to SiliconFlow across 1 category. Updated October 2026.
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Heabsy
EU inference API on its own GPUs in the EEA, with zero data retention and OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints.
From $0.095 per 1M input tokens (flagship Qwen3.8 27B $1.00)
NanoGPT
One OpenAI-compatible API for 600+ models, with text billed at provider list prices
Pay per prompt, from $0.10
Decision Models
Hosted open decision models behind a Jev-compatible API, with an EU-only tier and a lower-cost Peer-to-Peer tier
$0.019 per 1M input tokens (s1-fast), output free
Lium
GPU rental marketplace where independent providers list verified NVIDIA hosts, billed per second
From $0.06/GPU-hour (RTX 3060, 15 Oct 2026)
Direct alternatives to SiliconFlow
SiliconFlow serves 200+ open-source LLM and multimodal models, including the DeepSeek, Qwen and Kimi families, through one OpenAI-compatible API (per its site, September 2026). Developers compare it with other providers for three reasons: another host for the same open models, going straight to the lab that trains the model, or keeping requests inside the EU. The list follows those three.
Same open models, another host
- Together AI: serverless open-weight models behind an OpenAI-compatible API, with DeepSeek, Qwen and Kimi models in its catalogue as of September 2026. Adds fine-tuning, dedicated endpoints and GPU clusters for when serverless stops fitting.
- DeepInfra: per-token serverless endpoints for open-weight models on its own US infrastructure, covering text, embeddings, image generation and speech. Moving over from another OpenAI-compatible provider means changing the base URL and key.
- Novita AI: model APIs for LLMs, image, video and audio alongside hourly GPU instances. Close in shape to SiliconFlow's mix of serverless inference and reserved GPUs.
Going direct to the model lab
- DeepSeek: first-party OpenAI-compatible API for DeepSeek's own models. Fits when DeepSeek is the only model family in use.
- Alibaba Cloud Model Studio: Qwen models from Alibaba itself, plus DeepSeek, Kimi and GLM, with OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible endpoints across six regions.
Keeping requests in the EU
- Scaleway: OpenAI-compatible APIs for open-source models, hosted in European data centres, with per-token pricing and a free tier.
Compare SiliconFlow with its alternatives
| Product | Pricing Model | Free Tier | Open Source | Hosting | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SiliconFlow | Pay-per-use | ✓ | — | Cloud | — |
| Lepton | Pay-per-use | — | — | Cloud | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Cerebras | Freemium | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Nebius | Pay-per-use | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands |
| LibertAI | Freemium | — | — | Cloud | ๐ซ๐ท France |
| Berget AI | Freemium | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐ธ๐ช Sweden |
| DeepInfra | Pay-per-use | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| LLM Tech | Pay-per-use | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland |
| Lyceum | Pay-per-use | — | — | Cloud | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany |
| Novita AI | Pay-per-use | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Groq | Freemium | ✓ | — | Cloud | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| CheapestInference | Subscription | — | — | Cloud | — |
| Together AI | Pay-per-use | — | — | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐บ๐ธ United States |
| Solheim AI | Subscription | — | — | Cloud | ๐ฎ๐น Italy |
| Akumi | Pay-per-use | — | — | Cloud | ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands |
| HostYourAI | Pay-per-use | — | — | Cloud + Self-hosted | ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands |
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