Runars vs Together AI

Big catalogue. Built south of the border. We picked Canada.

Together AI runs one of the largest open-model clouds, with EU capacity on request. Runars runs the models Canadian teams ship, entirely in Canada.

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Credit where due

Together is fast. On Artificial Analysis it's one of the quickest GLM-5.3 providers anywhere, and it powers some of the best-known AI products. If raw tokens per second is your only metric, they earn it.

Data residency

Zero border crossings.

Together offers EU data centres through its sales team. We couldn't find a Canadian option. On Runars, Canadian residency isn't a sales conversation. It's the default for every key.

request trace
  1. 1your app🇨🇦 Canada
  2. 2runars.ca/v1🇨🇦 Canada
  3. 3inference🇨🇦 Montreal · Calgary
  4. 4logs + prompt cache🇨🇦 Canada

border crossings: 0

Billing

Priced in dollars. Canadian ones.

Your invoice is in CAD with the right GST/HST/PST for your province, so finance doesn't reconcile a USD card charge against a moving exchange rate every month.

invoice.pdf
Usage (tokens)CAD
GST/HSTby province
CurrencyCAD
FX surprise$0.00

Compatibility

Keep your code. Change one URL.

Together is OpenAI-compatible. Runars is OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible, so Claude Code and Anthropic-SDK agents work by changing one base URL.

app.py
client = Anthropic(
  base_url="https://runars.ca",
  api_key=os.environ["RUNARS_API_KEY"],
)

# OpenAI SDK works too — same key.

Head to head.

The short version, row by row. Every Together AI claim links to a source at the bottom of the page.

Canadian data residency
Runars
Inference, logs and prompt cache stay in Canada (Montreal & Calgary).
Together AI
US by default; EU via sales. No Canadian region found.
Billing currency
Runars
Billed in CAD with GST/HST/PST by province. No FX line on your invoice.
Together AI
USD.
Anthropic Messages API
Runars
Native /v1/messages — point the Anthropic SDK or Claude Code at runars.ca.
Together AI
Not documented.
OpenAI-compatible API
Runars
OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions and /v1/responses.
Together AI
Yes.
GLM 5.3 · GLM 5.3 Flash · Kimi K3
Runars
GLM 5.3, GLM 5.3 Flash and Kimi K3, served from Canada.
Together AI
All three.
Raw throughput
Runars
Solid for production agents; not our headline.
Together AI
Among the fastest GLM-5.3 providers measured.

Switch in one line.

Point your existing OpenAI or Anthropic SDK at Runars and keep your code. If we're not the right fit next to Together AI, we'll tell you.

base_url = "https://…"
base_url = "https://runars.ca/v1"
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Sources · checked 2026-09-25

Together AI is a trademark of its owner and is referenced here for comparison only. Competitor details change; check Together AI's site for current terms. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.