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ScaledThought vs DeepInfra

Looking for a DeepInfra alternative for open-weight models? Here is how ScaledThought and DeepInfra differ on API compatibility, getting a key, billing and prompt storage. What we say about DeepInfra comes from its own public pages, linked and dated beside each fact. For ScaledThought's prices, see /pricing.

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OpenAI-compatible API: ScaledThoughtAn OpenAI-compatible API for open-weight models. Base URL https://api.us.scaledthought.com/v1; any OpenAI SDK works.; DeepInfraIts docs describe an OpenAI-compatible chat completions API: change the base URL and the model name.Source: docs.deepinfra.com/chat/overview ↗, read October 12, 2026
Getting an API key: ScaledThoughtAn agent signs up and gets a key itself: npx -y scaledthought@0.3 init. A person can also sign up on the US dashboard by email link.; DeepInfraIts quickstart says to create an API key in its dashboard.Source: docs.deepinfra.com/quickstart ↗, read October 12, 2026
How usage is paid: ScaledThoughtPrepaid credits, no subscription: the agent asks its human to approve a top-up through an approval link. Every key can have its own daily budget, and sub-agent keys stay within their parent's budget.; DeepInfraIts pricing page says you pay for what you use: an account adds a card or prepays, prepaid accounts draw down their balance, invoiced accounts are billed at the start of the following month, and you can set a spending limit.Source: deepinfra.com/pricing ↗, read October 12, 2026
Prompts and completions: ScaledThoughtPrompts and completions are not stored or logged. Every response carries x-st-data-retention: none.; DeepInfraIts data privacy page says it does not store the data you submit on disk or log the content of requests, and logs metadata such as request ID and cost; it lists exceptions, such as image generation outputs kept for a short time.Source: docs.deepinfra.com/account/data-privacy ↗, read October 12, 2026

Also about ScaledThought

Regions: The US region is live. Canada is coming soon: when it opens, a Canadian account's data is processed and stored in Canada.
Models: Open-weight models through one API. The current list and prices are on /pricing and each live model's page, or run npx -y scaledthought@0.3 models --live, which lists them.

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