Velda alternatives
6 fine-tuning tools in the same lane as Velda, ranked by editorial score.
RU
RunPod
Fine-tuning · Bring-your-own (any open-weight or custom model)
8.3
On-demand GPU cloud and serverless inference platform built specifically for AI workloads.
Paid· Pod: $7.39/hr · Pod: $4.39/hr · Pod: $5.89/hr · Pod: $1.99/hr · Pod: $3.19/hrllm-fine-tuninggpu-rental
LA
Lambda
Fine-tuning · NVIDIA VR200 NVL72, NVIDIA GB300 NVL72, NVIDIA HGX B200, NVIDIA HGX B300, NVIDIA H100
8.1
On-demand NVIDIA GPU cloud built specifically for training, fine-tuning, and serving large AI models.
Paid· Basic: $10 · Pro: $20 · Enterprise: Contact salesllm-trainingfine-tuning
MO
Modal
Fine-tuning · Infrastructure (any model you can host)
8.7
Serverless GPUs and infra for training & serving ML.
Freemium· $30/mo free credits; pay-as-you-go GPU ratesserverless GPUfine-tuning
FE
FedML
Fine-tuning · Bring-your-own (PyTorch, Hugging Face)
7.3
Distributed training, fine-tuning, and serving platform with federated learning roots.
Freemium· Open-source library free; managed GPU usage pay-as-you-gofine-tuningdistributed-training
CO
CoreWeave
Fine-tuning · DeepSeek
8.2
AI-native GPU cloud built for large-scale training, fine-tuning, and inference on NVIDIA hardware.
Enterprise· NVIDIA GB300 NVL72: Contact sales · NVIDIA GB200 NVL72: $42.00 · NVIDIA HGX B300: Contact sales · NVIDIA HGX B200: $68.80 · NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition: $20.00model-trainingfine-tuning
PG
Paperspace Gradient
Fine-tuning · Bring-your-own (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face)
7.2
End-to-end MLOps platform with GPU notebooks, training jobs, and model deployment, now folded into DigitalOcean.
Freemium· Free: $0 · Pro: $8 · Growth: $39 · T0: $0 · T1: $12model-trainingfine-tuning