Runware vs Hugging Face vs Replicate

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Model Hubs · verified 6 Sept 2026

×RRunwareRunwarecurrent

×Hugging FaceHugging Facecurrent

×ReplicateCloudflarecurrent

Specification	Runware	Hugging Face	Replicate
Summary	One API for image, video, audio, 3D and LLMs.	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.
Catalogue	400,000+	3m+ models	50,000+
Live demos	Partial	Yes — Spaces	Yes
Hosted inference	Yes	Yes	Yes
Category	Model Hubs	Model Hubs	Model Hubs
Official	Runware ↗	Hugging Face ↗	Cloudflare ↗

Highlighted rows are where these differ.

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

Best for cost at scale.

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.