Replicate
Run and fine-tune AI models with an API
Replicate provides a cloud API to run, fine-tune, and deploy open-source and custom machine-learning models with a single line of code.
- for
- Developers building AI features who need easy model inference and deployment
- pricing
- freemium · free trial
- license
- Apache-2.0
Key features
- One-line model inference — Run any public model with a single line of code in Node, Python or HTTP.
- Fine-tune with your data — Improve existing models by training on your own datasets via the Replicate API.
- Deploy custom models — Package models with Cog to create private, scalable API endpoints.
- Pay-as-you-go pricing — Only pay for compute time or per-output token/image; no upfront fees.
- Hardware selection — Choose CPU or GPU instances (A100, H100, L40S, T4) and scale automatically.
Use cases
- Generate product images on demand for an e-commerce site
- Add speech synthesis to a mobile app using a public model
- Fine-tune a vision model on proprietary branding assets
- Expose a custom recommendation model as a private API
- Scale AI features to millions of users without managing infrastructure
Replicate vs alternatives
 Replicate |  OpenRouter |  Hugging Face |  Modal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Run and fine-tune ML models via API | Unified AI model API | Open model hub and hosted inference | Running custom Python AI workloads on GPUs |
| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription | Free | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Launched | — | — | — | — |
- Replicate vs OpenRouter: OpenRouter offers a single endpoint for many AI models but focuses on LLMs, not general ML model hosting
- Replicate vs Hugging Face: Hub for open models, datasets and Spaces, with hosted inference alongside.
- Replicate vs Modal: Serverless GPU platform for your own Python code, rather than a catalog of ready-to-run models.
Replicate FAQ
How do I run a model?+
Import the Replicate client in your language and call replicate.run with the model identifier and input parameters.
Can I fine-tune a model?+
Yes, you can create a training job with your data and then run the fine-tuned model via the same API.
What hardware options are available?+
Replicate offers CPU instances and various GPU types (A100, H100, L40S, T4) with per-second pricing.
Do I pay for idle time on private models?+
Private models are billed for total uptime, but fast-boot fine-tunes are only billed when processing requests.
Summarized by DevHunt from replicate.com · Oct 1, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
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