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ScaledThought vs Groq

Looking for a Groq alternative for open-weight models? Here is how ScaledThought and Groq differ on API compatibility, getting a key, billing and prompt storage. What we say about Groq 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.; GroqIts docs say the Groq API is designed to be mostly compatible with OpenAI's client libraries, with the base URL https://api.groq.com/openai/v1.Source: console.groq.com/docs/openai ↗, 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.; GroqIts quickstart says to create an API key on the keys page of its console.Source: console.groq.com/docs/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.; GroqIts billing FAQs say paid usage is billed monthly, with an invoice in arrears, after you add a payment method, and that spend limits can cap API costs.Source: console.groq.com/docs/billing-faqs ↗, read October 12, 2026
Prompts and completions: ScaledThoughtPrompts and completions are not stored or logged. Every response carries x-st-data-retention: none.; GroqIts data page says it does not retain customer data for inference requests by default, may log inputs and outputs for up to 30 days when troubleshooting or investigating abuse, and offers opt-in zero data retention.Source: console.groq.com/docs/your-data ↗, read October 12, 2026

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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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