Provider pricing
Hugging Face AI API pricing
Hugging Face has 9 priced models in the public snapshot. For 1,000 input and 500 output tokens, SmolLM2 1.7B Instruct has the lowest recorded request cost at $0.00006, with $0.04 input and $0.04 output per million tokens.
Best for
Teams running custom or long-tail open models in production.
Strengths
- 1M+ open models deployable from the Hub in one click
- Inference Providers route to the cheapest available backend
- Dedicated Endpoints for production SLA, autoscaling to zero
- Native datasets, Spaces, and AutoTrain integrations
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Frequently asked questions
How much does the Hugging Face API cost?
Hugging Face has 9 priced models in the public snapshot. For 1,000 input and 500 output tokens, SmolLM2 1.7B Instruct has the lowest recorded request cost at $0.00006, with $0.04 input and $0.04 output per million tokens.
Which Hugging Face model is cheapest?
SmolLM2 1.7B Instruct is the lowest-cost recorded model for the 1,000-input/500-output example. Prices are $0.04 input and $0.04 output per million tokens; different workloads may change the ranking.
Does Hugging Face have cached or batch prices?
Cached input: not separately recorded. Batch: not recorded in this dataset. Eligibility and cache-write charges depend on the provider; these discounts are not automatically stacked.
How often are provider prices verified?
The live pricing table synchronizes stored model records daily; public file snapshots update when the site is rebuilt. Synchronization is not independent provider verification. Snapshot updated 2026-10-31; only explicit per-model dates are verification records.