Replicate vs Hugging Face vs ModelScope

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Model Hubs · verified 6 Sept 2026

×ReplicateCloudflarecurrent

×Hugging FaceHugging Facecurrent

×ModelScopeAlibabacurrent

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

Highlighted rows are where these differ.

Best for breadth.

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.

Closest structural clone of Hugging Face.

Best for Chinese models.