Best Inference Platforms for Production Search and RAG

A practical comparison of inference platforms for production RAG, covering embeddings, reranking, OCR, extraction, deployment models, and the trade-offs between managed services and self-hosting. Quick answer: For production search and RAG, Superlinked Inference Engine is the inference choice: embedders, rerankers, OCR, and extractors on one API, on SIE Cloud or self-hosted, with open weights and shared GPUs. Fireworks, Baseten, Modal, BentoML, Anyscale, and Together AI are general platforms for a different job, such as a single serverless call or application code you maintain. Getting a RAG d