Hugging Face vs Replicate vs Groq 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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Replicate
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Groq
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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 Replicate
replicate.com
Run open-source AI without managing servers
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Competitor Groq
groq.com
AI inference at unprecedented speed
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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
1Mvisits/mo
4.2Mvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 10.7%
▼ 3.1%
▼ 12.2%
▲ 5.7%
6-month growth
+18.4%
-30.2%
+19.4%
+13.6%
Global rank web
#1,410
#39,584
#9,344
#43,856
Avg. last 3 months
28.8M
1.1M
4.1M
960K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
35%
32%
37%
Pages / visit
6.3
5.6
6.1
6.6
Visit duration
5m 01s
5m 09s
3m 48s
5m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 20%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
Hugging FaceReplicateGroqModal
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 · 31.2MReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MGroq · 1.4MGroq · 1.9MGroq · 2.1MGroq · 2.5MGroq · 3.5MGroq · 3.7MGroq · 3.6MGroq · 3.4MGroq · 4.8MGroq · 4.2MModal · 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 · 31.2MReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MGroq · 1.4MGroq · 1.9MGroq · 2.1MGroq · 2.5MGroq · 3.5MGroq · 3.7MGroq · 3.6MGroq · 3.4MGroq · 4.8MGroq · 4.2MModal · 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
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month · free tier available
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$250per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePro $9/moTeam $20/moStorage $8/mo+1 more
Public Models Custom/usage-basedPrivate Models Custom/usage-based
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Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoTextImagesAudio
ImagesText
TextAudio
Code
Output
3DVideoTextImagesAudio
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextAudio
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsLarge Language Models (LLMs)+1 more
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Development & CodeAI API
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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6
APIs
Development
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Image generation
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Performance optimization
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Video generation
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Prompts
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