# Baseten vs Thunder Compute (slim)

> Baseten scores 66.5 (B) on agent readiness against Thunder Compute's 56.1 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do compute gpu. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Baseten scores 66.5 (B) on agent readiness against Thunder Compute's 56.1 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do compute gpu.

- Baseten: B 66.5, rank #264 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baseten.min.md
- Thunder Compute: C 56.1, rank #576 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thunder-compute.min.md
- Baseten, good for Teams that want one model behind a production endpoint with real autoscaling knobs, environments and scoped keys. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 65; Schema & documentation, 84 against 70; Agent ergonomics, 55 against 48; Security & auth, 82 against 51; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 90 against 79. Also Open source.
- Thunder Compute, good for Agents in coding tools that rent a single persistent GPU machine for development, fine-tuning or a model server, at low hourly prices and over MCP. Also No incidents deducted, where Baseten loses 5 points for them.

| Category | Baseten | Thunder Compute |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 70 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 55 | 48 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 82 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 90 | 79 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 65 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Baseten | Thunder Compute |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Baseten | Thunder Compute |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.baseten.co` | `https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Price for compute gpu | not published | $0.219 per GB per month |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary service under Thunder Compute's Terms and Conditions. The `tnr` CLI on GitHub is MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 28 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.Thunder-Compute/thunder-compute` |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09-16 |
| Terms last updated | no date given | 2026-09-28 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-09-28 |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 1.2k stars, 74k PyPI/wk | 34 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |