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Baseten vs GMI Cloud
GMI Cloud owns its GPUs, keeps data in Asia-Pacific and mixes LLMs with video models. Baseten focuses on fast, compliant open-model serving and custom deployments.
By The Subconscious Team · Updated
Baseten vs GMI Cloud: key differences
GMI Cloud is a vertically integrated GPU cloud with Tier-4 data centers in Silicon Valley, Colorado, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia. Its Inference Engine exposes 100+ models, including 50+ video models from providers like Google Veo and Kling. Customers can move from shared endpoints to reserved H100 or H200 capacity on the same API. Baseten runs a smaller, text-first catalog of about a dozen models plus speech and embeddings, but it holds an independently measured latency lead: 0.49 seconds to first token on the Artificial Analysis board.
Region and modality usually decide this. GMI's in-country facilities give APAC data residency, and one bill covers LLMs and video generation. Baseten offers its own data residency and HIPAA options, self-hosting, and a 99.99% SLA, along with Truss for any custom model. GMI's claims about near bare-metal performance come from GMI, and its LLM catalog is smaller than the larger US hosts, so testing is worth the time. Asia-Pacific multimodal apps lean GMI; US regulated text workloads lean Baseten.
What Baseten and GMI Cloud do
Baseten
Baseten runs two products. Model APIs serve a curated set of about a dozen open models, including GLM 5.3, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813, Kimi K3 and gpt-oss 120B, over endpoints that speak both the OpenAI Chat Completions shape and the Anthropic Messages shape. That dual compatibility means an existing OpenAI or Claude SDK, or a coding agent, points at Baseten with a base URL change. Dedicated deployments take any model you package with the open-source Truss CLI and bill per GPU minute, with an H100 at about $6.50 an hour.
Example models: GLM 5.3, gpt-oss 120B
Full Baseten profileGMI Cloud
GMI Cloud is a vertically integrated GPU cloud and inference platform that owns its NVIDIA hardware. It runs Tier-4 data centers in Silicon Valley, Colorado, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia, and as an NVIDIA Cloud Partner it gets priority access to H100, H200, B200 and GB200 supply, with GB300 on pre-order. In March 2026 it announced a 1GW sovereign AI factory in Kagoshima, Japan. The company pivoted from crypto mining into AI, which gave it experience standing up high-density power and cooling fast. In September 2026 it raised $668M: a $223M Series B led by ARCHIV with NVIDIA participating, plus a $445M credit facility led by CTBC. It reports over $600M in contracted ARR and about 4T tokens a week on its inference platform.
Example models: DeepSeek V4 Flash, GLM-5.2, Google Veo
Full GMI Cloud profileShould you choose Baseten or GMI Cloud?
Baseten
Choose Baseten for
- HIPAA-bound LLM serving with a 99.99% SLA
- Custom models packaged with Truss
- Coding agents needing fast first tokens
GMI Cloud
Choose GMI Cloud for
- Inference kept inside Taiwan, Thailand or Malaysia
- LLMs and video generation on one API
- Graduating from shared endpoints to reserved H200s
Baseten vs GMI Cloud at a glance
| Attribute | Baseten | GMI Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Model access | Open weights, about a dozen curated | Open and third-party models |
| Flagship models | GLM 5.3, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Kimi K3, gpt-oss 120B | DeepSeek V4 Flash, GLM-5.2, Google Veo |
| Speed | 0.49s TTFT, lowest measured | Near bare-metal performance |
| Price | H100 about $6.50/hr dedicated | H100 from $2.60/GPU-hr |
| Customization | Deploy any model with Truss | Unknown |
| Deployment | Model APIs, dedicated, self-host | Shared, autoscaling, reserved GPUs |
| Long context | Varies by model | Varies by model |
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Baseten and GMI Cloud?
GMI Cloud owns its GPUs, keeps data in Asia-Pacific and mixes LLMs with video models. Baseten focuses on fast, compliant open-model serving and custom deployments.
When should I choose Baseten over GMI Cloud?
HIPAA-bound LLM serving with a 99.99% SLA; Custom models packaged with Truss; Coding agents needing fast first tokens.
When should I choose GMI Cloud over Baseten?
Inference kept inside Taiwan, Thailand or Malaysia; LLMs and video generation on one API; Graduating from shared endpoints to reserved H200s.
Is Baseten or GMI Cloud cheaper?
Baseten: H100 about $6.50/hr dedicated. GMI Cloud: H100 from $2.60/GPU-hr. The cheaper choice depends on the model and workload.
Which has more context, Baseten or GMI Cloud?
Baseten: Varies by model. GMI Cloud: Varies by model.
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