Best LLM Inference Providers

Vendor profileChecked Nov 8, 2026

Hyperbolic

Hyperbolic Labs · hyperbolic.ai · Last checked:

  • Serverless per-token API
  • GPU rental (on-demand and reserved)

Company status

Active, privately held.

Sources 1, 2, 3 · checked 2026-11-08

Capabilities

  • Serverless inference for open-weight text and vision-language models through an OpenAI-compatible chat completions API
  • Billing per 1M tokens from a prepaid credit balance
  • H100, H200, and B200 GPU instances on demand or reserved, plus managed Kubernetes, for self-hosting models

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Who it tends to fit

  • Small teams wanting a prepaid per-token API for a short list of open-weight models
  • Teams that may move to self-hosting on rented GPUs from the same vendor

Sources 1, 2, 3 · checked 2026-11-08

Pricing

Published per-token pricing on https://www.hyperbolic.ai/docs/inference/overview (USD per 1M tokens, dated October 21, 2026; for example glm-5.3-flash listed at $0.15 input and $0.50 output).

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Published certifications

  • SOC 2 Type I
  • SOC 2 Type II: not yet (engagement underway)
  • HIPAA: not yet certified (BAAs discussed for qualified use cases)

Listed as stated by the vendor. Scope can differ by product or subsidiary; request current reports.

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Limitations to check

  • SOC 2 Type II not yet complete per the vendor's security page
  • Vendor states it is not HIPAA-certified; do not send PHI without consulting them
  • Short serverless model list; image, TTS, and base completion models from the previous API are not available
  • Free-tier accounts need phone verification or a Pro deposit to use inference

Sources 1, 2, 3 · checked 2026-11-08

Sources

  1. Inference overview: OpenAI-compatible chat completions; billed per million tokens from credit balance; model price table as of October 21, 2026www.hyperbolic.ai/docs/inference/overviewChecked 2026-11-08
  2. Security and compliance: SOC 2 Type I completed, Type II underway; not currently HIPAA-certifiedhyperbolic.ai/docs/general/security-complianceChecked 2026-11-08
  3. Homepage: H100, H200, B200 on demand or reserved; managed Kubernetes; inferencewww.hyperbolic.ai/Checked 2026-11-08

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