Verdict

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Best if
You are aI developers and need: Deploy open-source LLMs in production without cold starts
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You need a free plan with no credit card
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Paid · from $1.80 per hour

Overview

Chutes is a decentralized serverless AI compute platform for deploying, running, and scaling open-source AI models through a web platform or API. It supports production inference, private confidential GPU workloads, and multiple modalities including image, video, speech, and music.

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Best for

Short scenarios where Chutes tends to shine.

  • Deploy open-source LLMs in production without cold starts

    Best for AI developers

  • Run image, video, speech, or music generation workloads

    Best for Machine learning engineers

  • Build AI agents and coding assistants with large-context models

    Best for LLM application developers

  • Launch private custom models or fine-tunes on dedicated GPUs

    Best for MLOps engineers

  • Use embeddings or moderation models in an application

    Best for Backend engineers

How it works

Create an account, pick a model from the catalog or use the API, and send requests with your CHUTES_API_KEY. For private workloads, build your container with the Chutes CLI, define the GPU requirements, and deploy the chute as a confidential instance.

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Sample generations and before/after results for Chutes.

Access & connections

Where you can use Chutes.

Platforms

Web

Capabilities

What this tool accepts, produces, and is strongest at.

Highlights

  • Serverless AI inference for open-source models
  • API and web-platform access for fast deployment
  • Private confidential TEE GPU deployments
  • Supports image, video, speech, music, embeddings, and moderation

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FAQ 7

What is Chutes?
Chutes is a decentralized serverless AI compute platform for deploying, running, and scaling open-source AI models through a web platform or API. It supports production inference, private confidential GPU workloads, and multiple modalities including image, video, speech, and music.
How to use Chutes?
Create an account, pick a model from the catalog or use the API, and send requests with your CHUTES_API_KEY. For private workloads, build your container with the Chutes CLI, define the GPU requirements, and deploy the chute as a confidential instance.
What is Chutes?
Chutes is a decentralized serverless AI compute platform for running and scaling open-source models.
How does public inference pricing work?
Public inference is billed per 1M tokens, and rates vary by model.
What is a Private Chute?
A Private Chute is a dedicated confidential GPU deployment for your own code, weights, and data.
How are Private Chutes billed?
They are billed by the second at the GPU's hourly rate, plus a one-time deployment fee equal to 3x the hourly rate.
Does Chutes offer a free trial?
No free trial is listed in the provided pricing content.
Chutes from $1.80 per hour