Subcategory · AI Citation Index
Managed AI Inference
Together AI and Fireworks AI lead managed inference; no latency data yet, and trend history is empty.
50 discovery queries · 10 head-to-heads · refreshed May 4, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 50 buyer-style "Managed AI Inference" queries
Together AI appears in 72% of shortlists (36 of 50 prompts), followed by Fireworks AI at 68% and Replicate at 62%. Hugging Face and anthropic.com round out the top five. Model diversity is flat at 3 across all brands, signaling buyers test narrow slices rather than broad portfolios.
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Together AI
Leads shortlist presence at 72% and garners 63 mentions across 50 prompts. Buyers cite it first when latency and open-model hosting collide.
Read brand profile →Fireworks AI
Second at 68% shortlist rate with 53 mentions. Known for sub-second cold starts and direct API compatibility with OpenAI schemas.
Read brand profile →Replicate
62% shortlist rate positions it as the developer-friendly option. Docker-based inference attracts teams already on containerized workflows.
Read brand profile →Groq
44% shortlist rate driven by custom silicon claims—LPU architecture targets token-per-second throughput. Appears in 22 prompts with 36 mentions.
Read brand profile →Hugging Face
58% shortlist rate reflects model-library gravity: 29 shortlist appearances, 45 mentions. Inference endpoints piggyback on the largest open-model registry.
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