Hugging Face
Model hub, datasets, and hosted inference.
Key features
- Host unlimited public models, datasets, and applications
- Browse 2M+ models, 1M+ apps, and 500k+ datasets
- Call 45,000+ provider models through one API
- Deploy on Inference Endpoints or add a GPU to Spaces
- Open-source libraries to train, tokenize, and serve models
- Category
- LLM APIs
- Who it's for
- For the machine learning community and teams that collaborate on models, datasets, and applications.
- Tags
- hubinferencellm-apigpuhosting
- Website
- huggingface.co
- Listed
- 2026-09-15
Frequently asked questions
Is Hugging Face free?
Hugging Face has a free plan, with paid tiers for more usage or features.
How much does Hugging Face cost?
Paid plans from $9/month, according to its pricing page.
What is Hugging Face used for?
Model hub, datasets, and hosted inference. Typical uses: host unlimited public models, datasets, and applications; browse 2M+ models, 1M+ apps, and 500k+ datasets; call 45,000+ provider models through one API.
What are the best Hugging Face alternatives?
Alternatives in the same category include DeepInfra, Fireworks AI, Cerebras, Together AI, Workers AI.
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