Replicate

Replicate is a cloud platform for running open-source machine learning models through simple APIs. It hosts a large catalog of community and publisher-maintained models for tasks like image generation, video generation, code generation, transcription, image-to-image, and more. Instead of managing complex infrastructure, users call models via REST endpoints or official client libraries, paying only for compute used. Replicate handles containerization, scaling, and GPU provisioning, making it easier for developers, startups, and teams to integrate advanced ML into products.

The platform provides hosted deployments of popular models such as Stable Diffusion, LLaMA variants, and many specialized models for creative and analytic workflows. Users can fork and customize models, see example inputs and outputs, and inspect parameters directly in the browser. Replicate also offers webhooks, streaming responses, and integrations that support production use cases like interactive apps, batch processing, and back-end automation. For model builders, Replicate supports pushing custom models using Docker or standardized templates, then exposing them as public or private APIs. This combination of model marketplace, hosting, and developer tooling gives teams a practical way to experiment quickly and ship ML-powered features without deep MLOps expertise.