ModelScope vs Hugging Face vs Runware

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Model Hubs · verified 6 Sept 2026

×ModelScopeAlibabacurrent

×Hugging FaceHugging Facecurrent

×RRunwareRunwarecurrent

Specification	ModelScope	Hugging Face	Runware
Summary	Closest structural clone of Hugging Face.	The reference hub for models, datasets and Spaces, and now the subject of a $12.93bn bid from Nvidia.	One API for image, video, audio, 3D and LLMs.
Catalogue	Large	3m+ models	400,000+
Live demos	Yes	Yes — Spaces	Partial
Hosted inference	Yes	Yes	Yes
Category	Model Hubs	Model Hubs	Model Hubs
Official	Alibaba ↗	Hugging Face ↗	Runware ↗

Highlighted rows are where these differ.

Closest structural clone of Hugging Face.

Best for Chinese models.

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.

One API for image, video, audio, 3D and LLMs.

Best for cost at scale.