Hugging Face vs Replicate vs ModelScope

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Model Hubs · verified 6 Sept 2026

×Hugging FaceHugging Facecurrent

×ReplicateCloudflarecurrent

×ModelScopeAlibabacurrent

Specification	Hugging Face	Replicate	ModelScope
Summary	The reference hub for models, datasets and Spaces, and now the subject of a $12.93bn bid from Nvidia.	Run 50,000+ models via one API.	Closest structural clone of Hugging Face.
Catalogue	3m+ models	50,000+	Large
Live demos	Yes — Spaces	Yes	Yes
Hosted inference	Yes	Yes	Yes
Category	Model Hubs	Model Hubs	Model Hubs
Official	Hugging Face ↗	Cloudflare ↗	Alibaba ↗

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Nvidia agreed to acquire it on 3 September 2026 for $12.93bn, subject to antitrust review in the US and EU
More than 3 million models, 18 million developers and over 200,000 companies
Nothing else replicates Spaces, and it is still the research default

Best for discovery.

Best for breadth.

Closest structural clone of Hugging Face.

Best for Chinese models.