Replicate vs Modal vs RunPod vs Hugging Face

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

Your tool
Replicate
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Competitor 1
Modal
Competitor 2
RunPod
Competitor 3
Hugging Face
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Replicate
replicate.com
Run open-source AI without managing servers
Remove
Competitor Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
Make main Remove
Competitor RunPod
runpod.io
Cheap GPUs on demand
Make main Remove
Competitor Hugging Face
huggingface.co
The GitHub for machine learning
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1Mvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
2.8Mvisits/mo
31.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 3.1%
▲ 5.7%
▲ 14.2%
▲ 10.7%
6-month growth
-30.2%
+13.6%
+19.0%
+18.4%
Global rank web
#39,584
#43,856
#19,060
#1,410
Avg. last 3 months
1.1M
960K
2.5M
28.8M
Bounce rate lower is better
35%
37%
32%
42%
Pages / visit
5.6
6.6
7.4
6.3
Visit duration
5m 09s
5m 31s
8m 19s
5m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 18%
ReplicateModalRunPodHugging Face
07.8M15.6M23.4M31.2MReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MHugging 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 · 31.2M100K1M10M100MReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MHugging 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 · 31.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$250per month · free tier available
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$9per month · free tier available
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Plans
Public Models Custom/usage-basedPrivate Models Custom/usage-based
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
Free FreePro $9/moTeam $20/moStorage $8/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
ImagesText
Code
DataCode
VideoTextImagesAudio
Output
VideoTextImagesAudio
Apps
Apps
3DVideoTextImagesAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsLarge Language Models (LLMs)+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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4
6
Developer tools
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Cloud infrastructure
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Image generation
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LLM development
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LLM training
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Performance optimization
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Video generation
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Community on aitoolstime
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