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ScaledThought vs Fireworks AI

Looking for a Fireworks AI alternative for open-weight models? Here is how ScaledThought and Fireworks AI differ on API compatibility, getting a key, billing and prompt storage. What we say about Fireworks AI 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.; Fireworks AIIts docs say you can use the OpenAI Python client library with Fireworks.Source: docs.fireworks.ai/tools-sdks/openai-compatibility ↗, 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.; Fireworks AIIts quickstart says to create an API key in the Fireworks dashboard.Source: docs.fireworks.ai/getting-started/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.; Fireworks AIIts pricing page says you add a payment method to buy credits and usage is deducted from your balance, with optional auto reload or a monthly spend limit.Source: fireworks.ai/pricing ↗, read October 12, 2026
Prompts and completions: ScaledThoughtPrompts and completions are not stored or logged. Every response carries x-st-data-retention: none.; Fireworks AIIts zero data retention page says it does not log or store prompt or generation data for open models without explicit opt-in, except its Responses API, which by default stores the conversation for 30 days unless the request sets store=False.Source: docs.fireworks.ai/guides/security_compliance/data_handling ↗, 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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