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Citadea vs Modal, Together AI & Baseten
The AI-native platforms have excellent developer experience, but bill per-token or per-second and offer no EU sovereignty. For sustained agent workloads above ~30% utilisation, flat-rate sovereign inference simply costs less — and stays forecastable.
CapabilityCitadeaModal, Together AI & Baseten
SovereigntyEU-hosted, sovereign keysUS-hosted, no EU story
Inference pricingFlat-rate dedicated slicePer-token / per-second
High-utilisation costCheaper above ~30% sustainedScales with every token
Agent platformMCP, SandBox, Memory, hostingServerless GPU / model APIs
Model catalog breadthCurated open-source models200+ models, same-week launches
Fine-tuning & trainingInference-firstMature fine-tuning/training
When to choose themSovereign, predictable, production agent fleetsWidest model catalog, bursty low-utilisation, fine-tuning