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Serverless Python for GPU workloads.
Freemium 16–80 GB VRAM
- Min VRAM
- 16 GB
- GPU class
- Datacenter GPU
- Quant
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Replicate
Run any open-source model with one API call.
Paid☁ Cloud · no GPUCloud API
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What is Replicate?
Replicate is the serverless GPU platform optimised around 'I want to call an open-source model as an API right now'. Thousands of community-deployed models behind a single REST/Python SDK, pay-per-second pricing, and Cog (their open containerisation tool) for shipping your own.
Pros & cons
Pros
- Largest catalogue of community-deployed OSS models
- Pay-per-second — no idle cost
- Cog makes your own deployments straightforward
Cons
- Cold starts can be 30s+ on uncommon models
- Per-second pricing on large models adds up at scale
What's actually free?
Free credits on signup; pay-per-second after.
Watermark-Free
Alternatives
RunPod
On-demand GPU pods for ComfyUI, vLLM, training.
Paid 8–80 GB VRAM
- Min VRAM
- 8 GB
- GPU class
- Datacenter GPU
- Quant
- FP16
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