Hugging Face Inference Providers
by Hugging Face
#10 in Model APIs & token credits
I'd use it if you already live on Hugging Face. One token reaches Groq, Together, Cerebras and more at provider rates, with no markup.
What’s good
- One token for Groq, Together and more
- Provider rates with no markup
- OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint
Heads-up
- Free credit is just $0.10 a month
- OpenAI-compatible route is chat only
The details
- Best for
- Hugging Face users testing models across many providers
- Price
- Free tier, then pay as you go (Provider rates, paid from HF credits)
- Free plan
- $0.10 of credits a month; PRO gets $2
- Skill level
- Built for pros
- Made by
- Hugging Face
- Website
- huggingface.co
- Price checked
- Oct 1, 2026
Where it ranks
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| Rank in Model APIs & token credits | #1 | #2 | #3 | #10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $10 per 1M tokens (2x for prompts over 272K tokens) in · $50 per 1M tokens (1.5x for prompts over 272K tokens) out | $4 per 1M tokens in · $20 per 1M tokens out | Pay per token | Pay per token |
| Flagship model | GPT-6 Astra (gpt-6-astra) | Claude Opus 5.5 (claude-opus-5-5) | Not published | Not published |
| Input price | $10 per 1M tokens (2x for prompts over 272K tokens) | $4 per 1M tokens | Not published | Not published |
| Output price | $50 per 1M tokens (1.5x for prompts over 272K tokens) | $20 per 1M tokens | Not published | Not published |
| Context window | 1.05M tokens | 1M tokens | Not published | Not published |
| Free tier | A Free usage tier exists in allowed regions, but GPT-6 Astra isn't available on it | New users get a small amount of free credits to test the API | Free plan: 25+ free models, 50 requests/day | Monthly credits: free users $0.10, PRO users $2.00, Team/Enterprise $2 per seat |
| Billing | Pay-as-you-go; usage tiers by amount paid (Tier 1 at $5 paid); spend limits | Usage-based; card or invoicing; monthly spend caps by tier (Start tier $500) | Prepaid credits at provider list prices; 5.5% fee on credit purchases; no minimum | Pay-as-you-go on your HF account at provider rates (no markup), or use provider keys |
| Your data | Not used for training unless you opt in; abuse-monitoring logs kept up to 30 days | Not used for training without permission; inputs/outputs deleted within 30 days | Does not train on your data; zero-data-retention routing on every plan | HF doesn't store request/response bodies or train on them; debug logs up to 30 days |
| Best for | Builders who want GPT models plus image, voice and realtime APIs | Developers building coding tools and long-running agents | Builders who want every major model behind one API key | Hugging Face users testing models across many providers |
| Skill level | Built for pros | Built for pros | Built for pros | Built for pros |
| Try it | Try it free | Try it free | Try it free |
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