Groq vs Hugging Face vs OpenRouter

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Groq
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Competitor 1
Hugging Face
Competitor 2
OpenRouter
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Groq
groq.com
AI inference at unprecedented speed
Competitor Hugging Face
huggingface.co
The GitHub for machine learning
Competitor OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.2Mvisits/mo
31.2Mvisits/mo
22Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 12.2%
▲ 10.7%
▲ 14.6%
6-month growth
+19.4%
+18.4%
+39.6%
Global rank web
#9,344
#1,410
#2,023
Avg. last 3 months
4.1M
28.8M
19.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
42%
32%
Pages / visit
6.1
6.3
7.7
Visit duration
3m 48s
5m 01s
6m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 20%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
GroqHugging FaceOpenRouter
07.8M15.6M23.4M31.2MGroq · 1.4MGroq · 1.9MGroq · 2.1MGroq · 2.5MGroq · 3.5MGroq · 3.7MGroq · 3.6MGroq · 3.4MGroq · 4.8MGroq · 4.2MHugging Face · 21.9MHugging Face · 24MHugging Face · 24.9MHugging Face · 23.3MHugging Face · 26.4MHugging Face · 30.3MHugging Face · 27.4MHugging Face · 27.1MHugging Face · 28.2MHugging Face · 31.2MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22M1M10M100MGroq · 1.4MGroq · 1.9MGroq · 2.1MGroq · 2.5MGroq · 3.5MGroq · 3.7MGroq · 3.6MGroq · 3.4MGroq · 4.8MGroq · 4.2MHugging Face · 21.9MHugging Face · 24MHugging Face · 24.9MHugging Face · 23.3MHugging Face · 26.4MHugging Face · 30.3MHugging Face · 27.4MHugging Face · 27.1MHugging Face · 28.2MHugging Face · 31.2MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$9per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreePro $9/moTeam $20/moStorage $8/mo+1 more
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextAudio
ImagesVideoTextAudio
AudioImagesTextVideo
Output
TextAudio
VideoTextImagesAudio3D
AudioImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
6
5
APIs
Large language models
Development
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LLM training
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