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Groq vs Together AI

A feature-by-feature comparison of Groq and Together AI across 7 capability categories.

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Modalities — Groq Wins

Modalities: Groq compared with Together AI
Feature	Groq	Together AI
Text Input	Yes, requires free plan. Chat completions API and Playground take text messages.	Yes, requires free plan. Serverless inference and playground take chat/completions text.
Image Upload / Vision	Unknown. Vision on hosted models was not confirmed on the quickstart page.	Unknown. Vision on hosted models was not confirmed on the marketing homepage.
Image Generation	No. Inference API for language/audio, not an image generator.	Unknown. Together is inference/GPU cloud. Image model hosting was not on the homepage snippet.
Voice Mode	No. Speech-to-text exists. That is transcription, not a conversational voice loop.	No. Not a conversational voice product.
Video Understanding	No. Not a video-analysis product. STT can take video files but only transcribes the first audio track.	No. Not a video-analysis product.
Video Generation	No. Not a video generation product.	No. Not a video generation product.
File Upload (PDF, DOCX)	No. Chat is messages. Audio files go to the STT endpoint, not a PDF chat uploader.	No. Chat/completions, not a PDF uploader.
Code Execution	Yes, requires free plan. Built-in tools on Compound / gpt-oss include safe code execution on Groq infrastructure.	Yes, requires plus plan. Code sandboxes are listed on the product page.
Audio Input	Yes, requires plus plan. OpenAI-compatible transcriptions/translations. Whisper Large V3 and Turbo. Free-tier 25 MB files.	Unknown. Speech endpoints were not on the homepage snippet.
Canvas / Artifact Editor	No. Playground is a chat/API console, not an artifacts canvas.	No. Playground, not a canvas.
Screen Sharing / Computer Use	No. No computer-use product.	No. No computer-use product.

Memory & Context — Tie

Memory & Context: Groq compared with Together AI
Feature	Groq	Together AI
Persistent Memory	No. Stateless API. You keep history in your app.	No. Stateless inference. You keep history.
Large Context Window	Unknown. Depends on the hosted model. No single Groq window is on the quickstart page.	Unknown. Depends on the open model you host. No single Together window on the homepage.
Custom Instructions	Yes, requires free plan. System messages in the chat API.	Yes, requires free plan. System prompts in the API.
Conversation History	Partial. Playground sessions exist. The API is stateless unless you resend messages.	Partial. Playground/console history. The API is stateless.

Integrations — Groq Wins

Integrations: Groq compared with Together AI
Feature	Groq	Together AI
Web Search / Browsing	Yes, requires free plan. Built-in tools include web search and website visiting on Compound / gpt-oss.	No. Not a search product.
Plugins / Extensions	Yes, requires free plan. Remote MCP tool calling, plus Python/JS SDKs and AI SDK provider.	Partial. Endpoints, batch, dedicated clusters. Not a GPT plugin store.
API Access	Yes, requires free plan. api.groq.com OpenAI-compatible chat and audio. Create a key on console.groq.com.	Yes, requires free plan. Inference API, fine-tuning, GPU cloud. Usage billing, not a seat.
Zapier Integration	Unknown. No first-party Zapier app was checked.	Unknown. No first-party Zapier listing was checked.
Custom GPTs / Bots	No. No GPT Store. You build agents on the API.	No. No GPT store.
Real-time Collaboration	No. No multiplayer chat.	No. No multiplayer chat.
Live Social Data Integration	No. No live social firehose.	No. No live social firehose.
Live Citation Mapping	No. Built-in web search is not a cited academic mapper.	No. Not a cited-search product.

Developer — Groq Wins

Developer: Groq compared with Together AI
Feature	Groq	Together AI
Function Calling	Yes, requires free plan. Tool use on all hosted chat models: local functions, remote MCP, or Groq built-in tools.	Unknown. Tool use on hosted models was not confirmed on the homepage.
Streaming Responses	Yes, requires free plan. Chat completions support streaming. Groq’s pitch is low-latency tokens.	Yes, requires plus plan. Serverless inference streams tokens. Research kernels (FlashAttention) are the latency pitch.
Fine-Tuning	No. You pick hosted models. Groq is inference, not a fine-tune product.	Yes, requires plus plan. Fine-tuning is a listed product next to inference and GPU cloud.
Embeddings API	Unknown. An embeddings endpoint was not on the quickstart page checked.	Unknown. An embeddings endpoint was not confirmed on the homepage.
Structured Output (JSON)	Yes, requires free plan. JSON mode is listed for the hosted chat models.	Unknown. JSON mode was not confirmed on the homepage.
Reasoning / Thinking Mode	Unknown. Overlapping columns disagreed (yes vs partial); left unverified rather than copying a no.	Unknown. You can host reasoning open models. No Together Deep Think toggle.
Local Execution	No. Runs on Groq LPUs in their cloud, not on your GPU.	No. Cloud GPUs / serverless. Not on your laptop.
Open Weights	Partial. Hosts open models (Llama, gpt-oss, Qwen). Groq’s runtime/hardware is not open weights.	Partial. Inference cloud for open models. Together’s serving stack is not a weight release.
Multi-Agent Orchestration	Partial. Compound/built-in tools are a single-call agent loop, not a multi-agent orchestrator product.	No. You orchestrate in your app.

Platforms — Tie

Platforms: Groq compared with Together AI
Feature	Groq	Together AI
Web App	Yes, requires free plan. Playground on console.groq.com.	Yes, requires free plan. together.ai console.
iOS App	No. No iOS app is documented.	No. No iOS app.
Android App	No. No Android app is documented.	No. No Android app.
Desktop App	No. API + Playground, not a desktop app.	No. No desktop app.
Chrome Extension	No. No Chrome extension is documented.	No. No Chrome extension.

Privacy — Tie

Privacy: Groq compared with Together AI
Feature	Groq	Together AI
GDPR Compliant	Unknown. Needs a current Groq DPA read.	Unknown. Needs a current DPA read.
Opt Out of Data Training	Unknown. Training use of API prompts was not checked on a privacy policy this round.	Unknown. Training use of prompts was not checked.
Enterprise Privacy Mode	Unknown. Enterprise contracts exist in market; specifics were not on the public pricing page fetched.	Unknown. Dedicated endpoints exist; enterprise contract terms were not on the homepage.

Workspaces — Tie

Workspaces: Groq compared with Together AI
Feature	Groq	Together AI
Projects / Folders	No. No project/folder product in the API.	No. No consumer project product.