# Axolotl vs Together AI Fine-tuning (slim)

> Axolotl scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Together AI Fine-tuning's 54.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Together AI Fine-tuning leads on transparency & trust. Both do finetune sft. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Axolotl scores 64.8 (B) on agent readiness against Together AI Fine-tuning's 54.7 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Together AI Fine-tuning leads on transparency & trust. Both do finetune sft.

- Axolotl: B 64.8, rank #307 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/axolotl.min.md
- Together AI Fine-tuning: C 54.7, rank #608 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/together-fine-tuning.min.md
- Axolotl, good for A team that wants a repeatable, config-driven fine-tune of an open model on its own or rented GPUs, including multi-GPU and multi-node runs. Ahead on Reliability, 64 against 55; Agent ergonomics, 60 against 42; Payments & pricing, 60 against 20; Maintenance & community, 88 against 80. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.
- Together AI Fine-tuning, good for Teams that want to tune a large open model, possibly with full fine-tuning, and take the weights away. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 68 against 56. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.

| Category | Axolotl | Together AI Fine-tuning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 64 | 55 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 78 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 60 | 42 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 52 | 50 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 88 | 80 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 56 | 68 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Axolotl | Together AI Fine-tuning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent framework | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Axolotl AI | Together AI |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.together.ai/v1` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | None | API key |
| Pricing | Free | Pay per use |
| Price for finetune sft | free | $0.34 per 1M tokens |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 13k stars, 2.1k PyPI/wk | 10 stars, 118k npm/wk, 369k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3/5 (2) |