Hugging Face vs Baseten vs ModelScope vs Modal

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

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Hugging Face
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Baseten
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ModelScope
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Modal
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Hugging Face
huggingface.co
The GitHub for machine learning
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Competitor Baseten
baseten.co
Models to production fast
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Competitor ModelScope
modelscope.cn
ModelScope is an open-source model community and hosting hub founded in June 2022 by the Institute for Intelligent Computing together with the CCF Open Source Development Committee.
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Competitor Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
31.2Mvisits/mo
355.4Kvisits/mo
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972.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 10.7%
▲ 21.3%
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▲ 5.7%
6-month growth
+18.4%
+73.3%
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+13.6%
Global rank web
#1,410
#113,597
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#43,856
Avg. last 3 months
28.8M
304.6K
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960K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
39%
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37%
Pages / visit
6.3
4.1
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6.6
Visit duration
5m 01s
1m 53s
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5m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 9%
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
Hugging FaceBasetenModelScopeModal
07.8M15.6M23.4M31.2MHugging 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 · 31.2MBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8K100K1M10M100MHugging 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 · 31.2MBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Freemium
Starting price
$9per month · free tier available
Free tier
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$250per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePro $9/moTeam $20/moStorage $8/mo+1 more
Basic CustomPro CustomEnterprise Custom
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Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioVideoTextImages
TextAudio
VideoTextImagesAudio
Code
Output
VideoTextImagesAudio3D
TextImagesAudio
VideoTextImagesAudio
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsLarge Language Models (LLMs)+1 more
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeLarge Language Models (LLMs)Open Source AI Models
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Web service deployment
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LLM development
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Models management
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Performance optimization
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