Synthetic: All-Inclusive AI Platform with 19 Always-on Models for $20-60/month
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Synthetic offers an all-inclusive AI platform with 19 always-on models for $20-60/month, sparking discussion about its value and legitimacy.
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What's included:
- 19 always-on models with both UI and API access
- LoRA fine-tuning support (FP8 precision, up to rank-64)
- Embedding models at no extra cost
- Standard: $20/month (135 msgs/5hrs), Pro: $60/month (1,350 msgs/5hrs)
Technical specs:
- Always-on models: No quantization (full precision)
- On-demand models: BF16 precision (FP8 for Jamba-based models only)
- LoRAs: FP8 precision, rank-8 to rank-64 support
- On-demand GPU pricing: 80GB at 3¢/min, 48GB at 1.5¢/min, 24GB at 1.2¢/min
- On-demand context limit: 32k tokens
Complete always-on model list:
DeepSeek: R1, R1-0528, V3, V3-0324, V3.1 (all 128k)
Meta Llama: 3.1-405B/70B/8B, 3.3-70B (128k), 4-Maverick-17B (524k), 4-Scout-17B (328k)
Others: Kimi-K2 (128k/256k), GPT-OSS-120B (128k), Qwen2.5-Coder-32B (32k), Qwen3-235B variants (256k), Qwen3-Coder-480B (256k), GLM-4.5 (128k)
Additional features:
- LoRA support for Llama 3.1/3.2 base models
- Embedding model: nomic-ai/nomic-embed-text-v1.5
- Any HuggingFace model available on-demand
Links: https://synthetic.new/ | With referral: https://synthetic.new/?referral=9oxapskWLeOrDT5