Hugging Face vs Defapi vs Replicate vs ModelScope

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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DDefapi
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Replicate
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ModelScope
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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 DDefapi
defapi.org
You know how managing multiple AI provider integrations usually means maintaining separate codebases for each vendor
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Competitor Replicate
replicate.com
Run open-source AI without managing servers
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
31.2Mvisits/mo
2.4Kvisits/mo
1Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 10.7%
▼ 42.6%
▼ 3.1%
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6-month growth
+18.4%
-86.2%
-30.2%
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Global rank web
#1,410
#4,650,820
#39,584
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Avg. last 3 months
28.8M
4.8K
1.1M
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Bounce rate lower is better
42%
36%
35%
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Pages / visit
6.3
1.4
5.6
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Visit duration
5m 01s
7s
5m 09s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 18%
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%
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Hugging FaceDefapiReplicateModelScope
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 · 31.2MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1M1K10K100K1M10M100MHugging 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 · 31.2MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
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Starting price
$9per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePro $9/moTeam $20/moStorage $8/mo+1 more
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
Public Models Custom/usage-basedPrivate Models Custom/usage-based
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Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextImagesAudio
ImagesText
VideoTextImagesAudio
Output
VideoTextImagesAudio3D
TextImagesAudio
VideoTextImagesAudio
VideoTextImagesAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsLarge Language Models (LLMs)+1 more
Development & CodeAI API
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Development & CodeLarge Language Models (LLMs)Open Source AI Models
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Image generation
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Video generation
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