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Baseten vs Core42
Baseten or Core42? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In short
- Both: Choice of models, Self-hosted, API, Runs models for you
- Only Core42 states: Search over your data
Baseten
Baseten provides managed infrastructure to deploy, serve, train, and distribute open-source, custom, and fine-tuned AI models.
Plans
Basic
Free
- Dedicated deployments
- Model APIs
- Training
- Fast cold starts
- SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliant
- Email and in-app chat support
Dedicated Deployments — T4
- $0.01052 per minute
- 16 GiB VM
Dedicated Deployments — L4
- $0.01414 per minute
- 24 GiB VRAM
Dedicated Deployments — A10G
- $0.02012 per minute
- 24 GiB VM
Dedicated Deployments — A100
- $0.06667 per minute
- 80 GiB VRAM
Dedicated Deployments — H100 MIG
- $0.0625 per minute
- 40 GiB VRAM
Dedicated Deployments — H100
- $0.10833 per minute
- 80 GiB VRAM
Dedicated Deployments — B200
- $0.16633 per minute
- 180 GiB VRAM
Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Choice of models — “You can deploy open source and custom models on Baseten.” source
- Self-hosted — “Yes, you can self-host Baseten in order to manage security and use your own cloud commitments.” source
- API — “Model APIs” source
- Runs models for you — “Instant access to pre-optimized models running on the Baseten Inference Stack.” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “Baseten Labs, Inc. SOC 2 Type 2 Report 5.31.26.pdf” source
- SOC 2 — “Baseten Labs, Inc. SOC 2 Type 2 Report 5.31.26.pdf” source
- ISO 27001 — “Baseten Labs, Inc. ISO 27001 Certificate.pdf” source
- GDPR — “SOC 2 ISO 27001:2022 HIPAA CCPA GDPR PCI DSS - SAQ D” source
- HIPAA — “Baseten Labs, Inc. HIPAA Report 5.31.26.pdf” source
Latest updates
- Web search with Baseten Hosted Tools
Baseten Hosted Tools now brings server-side web search to Model APIs through Baseten Grounded Inference.
- Baseten CLI 1.0.0 (1.0.0)
The Baseten CLI is now generally available. Version 1.0.0 marks the command surface as stable.
- Model API Deprecation (GLM 4.7, Kimi K2.7, Kimi K2.6, Inkling, Inkling Small, DeepSeek v4 Pro)
GLM 4.7, Kimi K2.7, Kimi K2.6, Inkling, Inkling Small, and DeepSeek v4 Pro will be deprecated at 5pm PT September 25th.
Core42
Core42 provides sovereign AI cloud infrastructure, model APIs, GPU compute, and services for enterprises, governments, and researchers.
Plans
K2 Horizon 375B
- $0.15 (input, per 1M tokens)
- $0.50 (output, per 1M tokens)
GPT-5.6 Sol
- $5.50 (input, per 1M tokens)
- $33.00 (output, per 1M tokens)
GPT-5.6 Luna
- $1.10 (input, per 1M tokens)
- $6.60 (output, per 1M tokens)
GPT-5.6 Terra
- $2.75 (input, per 1M tokens)
- $16.50 (output, per 1M tokens)
GPT-5.4
- $3.00 (input, per 1M tokens)
- $18.15 (output, per 1M tokens)
GPT-5.2
- $1.75 (input, per 1M tokens)
- $14.00 (output, per 1M tokens)
GPT-5.1
- $1.25 (input, per 1M tokens)
- $10.00 (output, per 1M tokens)
GPT-5
- $1.25 (input, per 1M tokens)
- $10.00 (output, per 1M tokens)
GPT-5 mini
- $0.275 (input, per 1M tokens)
- $2.20 (output, per 1M tokens)
GPT-4.1
- $2.00 (input, per 1M tokens)
- $8.00 (output, per 1M tokens)
- $30.3 (training, per 1M tokens)
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Choice of models — “unified access to frontier and open-weight models across multiple silicon types” source
- Self-hosted — “The cloud enables flexible, secure AI deployment on premises and in the field, while cybersecurity ensures The Intelligence Grid remains guarded against threats.” source
- API — “Use Compass APIs” source
- Runs models for you — “A full-stack platform delivering accelerator choice, global scale, and peak performance across inference and training workloads.” source
- Search over your data — “File Search Tool Call” source
Latest updates
- K2 Horizon 375B (5.5.2)
Onboarded in the UAE region for advanced coding, complex problem-solving, and long-context agentic applications.
- Pay-as-you-go Commercial Updates (5.5)
Enhanced the Pay-as-you-go commercial experience to support subscription and monthly spend management for Azure Marketplace customers.
- Cost by API Key in Usage Report (5.5)
Usage Report now provides cost breakdowns by API key to track spending, allocate costs, and monitor usage.