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Replicate

Hosted model platform for running open-source AI models through simple APIs.

Replicate lets developers run image, video, audio, and language models without managing model infrastructure.

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Extractable verdict

Replicate fits creative production teams

Replicate helps developers adding model APIs to products evaluate Hosted model platform for running open-source AI models through simple APIs.

Best for
  • Developers adding model APIs to products
  • Creative tooling teams testing media generation models
Worst for
  • Fallback models have feature limitations (e.g., don't support all aspect ratios or resolutions)
  • Some models subject to rate limiting
Price anchor
Free

Vettedly take

Updated May 2026

Replicate offers a developer-friendly API for accessing diverse AI models with usage-based pricing and no subscription required.

The bottom line

What buyers should know

Strengths

  • Usage-based pricing with no monthly subscription required
  • Large catalog of open-source and proprietary models
  • Simple API with multiple language support (Node, Python, HTTP)
  • Deployments feature for production control and custom endpoints
  • Model examples and cost estimates provided on each model page

Watch-outs

  • Pricing varies significantly by model and hardware used
  • Security/compliance page not available
  • No mention of free tier or trial period

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Capabilities

What it does

Key features

  • Run public and private models via API
  • Deploy models to fixed endpoints
  • Fine-tune models
  • Hardware-agnostic billing by compute time or tokens
  • Model catalog with thousands of options
  • Agent skills for coding assistants

Best for

  • Developers adding model APIs to products
  • Creative tooling teams testing media generation models

Integrations

Claude CodeOpenCodeOpenAI CodexMCP (Model Context Protocol)
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Pricing

What it costs

Free

Freemium · Free plan available

Pay-as-you-go usage-based pricing. Most models billed by compute seconds or output tokens. Specific costs vary by model, e.g., Claude 3.7 Sonnet: $3.00 per million input tokens / $0.015 per thousand output tokens; Flux 1.1 Pro: $0.04 per output image; Flux Schnell: $3.00 per thousand output images. No named subscription tiers published.

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What's new

Latest from Replicate

Apr 2026

Agent skills for Replicate now published, providing markdown instruction files for coding assistants to work with AI models on Replicate.

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