Unsloth alternatives
Depot OSS fine-tune default. Hosted LoRA → Predibase/Fireworks/Together; dead OpenPipe → do not resurrect…
Overall 8.52 (curated_estimate, high) · score asOf 2026-09-14 · last reviewed 2026-09-14. This is not an Elo and not a live price board. Provider · JSON
| Provider | Why listed | Overall | Δ vs subject | asOf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Together AI Best catalog breadth for OSS models. Watch minimums and lifetime spend gates before you design around a gated… | same_jtbd_pick, same_jtbd_runner · finetune, lora-serving-distillation | 8.2high | -0.32 | 2026-09-14 |
| Predibase Alive. Prefer when you serve dozens of LoRA adapters on shared GPUs. Together/Fireworks remain simpler… | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · finetune, lora-serving-distillation | 7.89medium | -0.63 | 2026-09-14 |
| Fireworks AI Top pick for production open-model serving with real DX. Prefer over random GPU DIY when you want tokens not… | same_jtbd_runner · finetune, lora-serving-distillation | 8.35high | -0.17 | 2026-09-14 |
| Lightning AI Use when the team already lives in Lightning/PyTorch notebooks. Together/Unsloth remain Depot finetune… | same_jtbd_runner · finetune, lora-serving-distillation | 7.93high | -0.59 | 2026-09-14 |
| Modal Depot darling for Python agent backends and bursty GPU jobs. If you think in functions not VMs, start here. | same_jtbd_runner · finetune | 8.44high | -0.08 | 2026-10-19 |
| Hugging Face Inference Perfect for Hub-native workflows and custom models. For hard production latency, graduate to… | same_jtbd_runner · finetune | 7.95high | -0.57 | 2026-09-14 |
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