specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: vLLM
providerId: vllm
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-08'
reconciled: true
tags:
- LLM
- Inference
- Open Source
- GPU
- OpenAI Compatible
- Self-Hosted
- Plans
description: >-
  vLLM is free open-source software (Apache 2.0). The project does not sell hosting. Cost is incurred
  entirely on your own GPU infrastructure (cloud or on-prem). Several third parties (RunPod, Modal,
  Anyscale, Baseten, etc.) offer managed vLLM hosting, billed by them — not by the vLLM project.
notes: Apache 2.0 OSS; cost is your GPU infrastructure or third-party managed hosting.
sources:
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm
- https://docs.vllm.ai/
plans:
- id: vllm-self-host
  name: Self-Hosted (Apache 2.0)
  type: free
  description: Run vLLM on your own GPU infrastructure under Apache 2.0.
  entries:
  - label: Self-Host
    name: self_host
    type: flat
    metric: deployment
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: lifetime
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 0
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: pip install vllm
  - name: vllm serve
  - name: Bring your own GPU
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com