Baseten offers a scalable, cost-efficient, and secure AI/ML infrastructure solution that can help startups get started quickly without requiring extensive expertise. Building one's own infrastructure can provide full control but also requires significant time and resources. Purchasing AI/ML infrastructure services can offer lower barriers to entry and competitive pricing, but may limit configuration control and require reliance on the provider for issues. Baseten provides a user-friendly model deployment process with logs and health metrics, horizontal scalability, blazing fast inference times, autoscaling features, and customizable computing resource management, making it an attractive option for those looking to streamline their infrastructure needs.