Fireworks AI Alternative for India

Fireworks AI users: same class of open models, ₹-native billing

Fireworks AI is a solid host for open-weight inference, but it settles internationally — payment friction and no GST input-tax credit for Indian teams. unoblox runs a comparable roster of open-weight models — Llama, Qwen, Gemma, DeepSeek, Kimi — behind one OpenAI-compatible, ₹-billed endpoint from an Indian company.

Capability matrix

Feature	Fireworks	unoblox
Open-weight models	Llama, Qwen, and others	Llama 4, Qwen3, Gemma 4, DeepSeek, Kimi K3
Serverless inference	Yes	Yes
Streaming, tool calls, JSON mode	Yes	Yes
Native embeddings/rerank	Yes	Yes — Qwen3 Embedding + Reranker, ₹0
Data residency	International	Account, billing and logs in India; external models are processed at their provider, self-hosted models run in India
Billing	International invoice	GST tax invoice issued at each top-up, ₹ only

Real ₹ pricing (per 1M tokens, input / output)

Model	Input	Output
Llama 4 Scout	₹10.12	₹30.36
Qwen3.8-27B (open weights, vision)	₹0	₹0
Gemma 4 31B	₹20.24	₹40.48

For anything not listed here — DeepSeek, Kimi K3, Qwen3 Max — check live rates on /models; we don't quote a number we can't stand behind.

Migrate in three steps

1. Sign up at unoblox.ai and copy your API key (ub-gw-…) from the admin console.

2. Update your config:

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
    api_key="ub-gw-...",
    base_url="https://api.unoblox.ai/v1"
)

3. Point your existing model calls at the new base URL. Everything else — stream=True, tool calls, JSON mode — behaves the same as it did against Fireworks.

Why Indian teams move

• No international payment friction. One ₹ line on a GST invoice instead of a foreign-currency statement.
• Input-tax credit. Claim 18% back on every rupee of eligible inference spend.
• Free tier to prototype. Qwen3.8-27B is ₹0, so early builds cost nothing before you commit to a paid model.
• Native embeddings and reranking. Qwen3-Embedding and Qwen3-Reranker ship on the same key, also ₹0 to start.
• India-based company and billing. unoblox, your account data, logs and GST invoices are in India. Inference for external models (GPT, Claude, DeepSeek and others) runs at the model provider's own infrastructure outside India; only unoblox's self-hosted models run in India.

Frequently asked questions

Will my Fireworks-style requests work unchanged? Yes — OpenAI-format chat completions, streaming, and tool calls are byte-for-byte compatible. Only the base_url and key change.

Do you auto-scale like Fireworks does? Requests queue fairly under normal load with no setup required. For guaranteed reserved throughput at higher volumes, email sales@unoblox.ai to discuss priority queueing.

Can I run both in parallel before switching fully? Yes. Keep Fireworks live, route a slice of traffic to unoblox, compare latency and output quality for a week or two, then cut over.

Where do I find pricing for a model not listed above? /models shows every live model with its current ₹ rate — we'd rather point you there than guess.

What happens if a model gets deprecated upstream? We give 30 days' notice before retiring any model and keep the core open-weight lineup (Llama, Qwen, Gemma) stable long-term.

Get started in rupees → https://unoblox.ai/sign-in