
Novita AI
Cloud inference platform with 10,000+ open-source models behind one OpenAI-compatible API.
About
Novita AI is a cloud inference platform aimed at developers and startups shipping with open-source models. It offers access to thousands of open-source models (the company cites 10,000+) for LLM chat and completions, embeddings, and image/video/audio generation through OpenAI-compatible APIs, plus GPU instances, bare metal, and sandboxed agent environments for heavier workloads. New models are made available through the API on release day, per the company.
It leans into production agent features: tool calling compatible with OpenAI and Anthropic specs, structured outputs, and prompt caching, and its API works with common coding-agent CLIs. In April 2026 the company cited Artificial Analysis provider benchmarks ranking it first on GPQA Diamond for GPT-OSS 120B; treat that as company-cited rather than independent.
Honest limitations: it is a reseller/abstraction layer over open models, so you inherit the underlying models' licenses and quality quirks, and vendor-cited benchmarks and model counts should be read as marketing. Pricing is usage-based, so heavy workloads need the same cost discipline as any inference API.
What it can do
- One OpenAI-compatible API across thousands of open-source models
- LLM, embedding, image, video, and audio generation endpoints
- GPU instances, bare metal, and agent sandboxes for production workloads
Setup
Sign up at novita.ai, create an API key, and point any OpenAI-compatible client at the Novita endpoint.
Prerequisites
An API key and a billing method; no GPU infrastructure of your own needed.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 8/10
Scored 8/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: Verified via vendor site/docs/GitHub and reputable coverage, wave 81; Trending score 78/100 from researcher assessment.
Sources
Every fact above was checked against these sources. Where a claim comes from the provider and couldn't be independently verified, the text says so.