Replicate free tier includes ML model hosting and inference… Not verified — our last read, on 2026-09-17, found the page did not mention this offer, which is not evidence it ended. Compare with 5 alternatives in AI / ML.

Replicate Free Tier 2026

Subtypes in AI / ML: model_hosting — you supply or select a model and the platform serves it behind an endpoint on hardware you choose. We read that on 2026-09-01 from https://replicate.com/pricing, where it says: “Thousands of open-source machine learning models have been contributed” How we use this.

Limits, pricing history, and 5 alternatives. Catalogue date August 2026. Last updated 2026-09-17.

Replicate's free tier offers ML model hosting and inference… When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-17, we found the page did not mention this offer, which is not evidence it ended, so we cannot confirm these terms and are not rating this offer today.

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Tier
Trial
Category
Pricing Page
Catalogue date
2026-08-15
Last read
2026-09-17
The day we last read the vendor's page. Our last read of it, on 2026-09-17, found the page did not mention this offer, which is not evidence it ended. We hold no confirmation of the terms we publish — the 2026-08-15 beside this date is not one we can source to a read that confirmed them.

Free Tier Details

ML model hosting and inference. A new account can run the models in Replicate's Try for Free collection without buying credit, for a limited number of runs that Replicate does not state; after that you add billing and buy credit. Replicate says these models are not free forever. Most models bill by the second for the hardware they run on, such as $0.000025/sec on CPU Small and $0.001525/sec on one H100. Official models bill per output instead, such as FLUX 1.1 Pro at $0.04 per image; per million input/output tokens: DeepSeek-R1 $3.75/$10.

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Pricing Change History (0 recorded)

No recorded pricing changes for Replicate — but when we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-17, we found the page did not mention this offer, which is not evidence it ended, so we cannot tell you that nothing changed. Treat the empty history as a statement about our records, not about this vendor's pricing.

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Alternatives in AI / ML

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Service Free Tier Stability
Replicate Trial unrated
Hugging Face Free unrated
Roboflow Free caution
paperspace Free stable
Baseten Basic (Free Credits) unrated
Fireworks AI Free Credits stable

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Replicate free?
We cannot confirm that today. When we last read the page we cite for Replicate, on 2026-09-17, we found the page did not mention this offer, which is not evidence it ended. Our stored record says Replicate offers a free tier: Trial. ML model hosting and inference. A new account can run the models in Replicate's Try for Free collection without buying credit, for a limited number of runs that Replicate does not state; after that yo... We have not confirmed these terms against the source we cite, so treat them as unverified.
What is Replicate's free tier?
We cannot confirm that today. When we last read the page we cite for Replicate, on 2026-09-17, we found the page did not mention this offer, which is not evidence it ended. Our stored record calls Replicate's free tier "Trial". ML model hosting and inference. A new account can run the models in Replicate's Try for Free collection without buying credit, for a limited number of runs that Replicate does not state; after that you add billing and buy credit. Replicate says these models are not free forever. Most models bill by the second for the hardware they run on, such as $0.000025/sec on CPU Small and $0.001525/sec on one H100. Official models bill per output instead, such as FLUX 1.1 Pro at $0.04 per image; per million input/output tokens: DeepSeek-R1 $3.75/$10. We have not confirmed these terms against the source we cite, so treat them as unverified.
Is Replicate's free tier reliable?
When we last read the page we cite for Replicate, on 2026-09-17, we found the page did not mention this offer, which is not evidence it ended.
Is Replicate's free tier good for production?
Replicate's free tier is usable for prototyping and development. When we last read the page we cite for Replicate, on 2026-09-17, we found the page did not mention this offer, which is not evidence it ended.
What changed in Replicate's pricing?
When we last read the page we cite for Replicate, on 2026-09-17, we found the page did not mention this offer, which is not evidence it ended. We publish no change we refused to record, so we cannot tell you that nothing changed.
What are the best free alternatives to Replicate?
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 5 free alternatives to Replicate in AI / ML, each listed above with its tier. Of those, 3 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily, 2 are demoted with the reason named. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
When will I outgrow Replicate's free tier?
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade. When you outgrow the free tier, evaluate paid plans against alternatives — sometimes a competitor's free tier covers what you need.
What category is Replicate in?
Replicate is categorized under AI / ML on AgentDeals. We list 5 other AI / ML services alongside it, every one of them on this page with its free tier and the stability we publish for it.

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