Hugging Face is the central hub for the AI community — home to 500,000+ models, 100,000+ datasets, and Spaces for hosting AI demos. Transformers library, Inference API, and AutoTrain make it the foundation of modern AI development.
How Hugging Face compares with its closest alternatives
All 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Hugging Face does. Only Supabase lists a starting price, $25 a month. 2 of the 5 offer an API, as Hugging Face does. Hugging Face offers a web app. Of the alternatives, 2 offer a web app. Hugging Face was founded in 2016; the alternatives were founded between 2020 and 2024. Hugging Face is based in New York, United States; all the 2 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too.
Market position · Coding
How Hugging Face compares in Coding
Hugging Face has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 500 live Coding tools on FalcoScan. Across Coding, the average opportunity score is 60.4 and the average saturation score 44.4. FalcoScan rates Hugging Face's own market position as contested. 154 of the 500 operating Coding tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 16 shutdowns in the category.
Hugging Face compared with its closest alternatives
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Hugging FaceFounded 2016 · New York, United States
Hugging Face has a free tier, with paid plans from $9 a month.
What are the best alternatives to Hugging Face?
The closest alternatives to Hugging Face that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are AppFlowy AI, Ollama, Supabase, Cline AI Agent, and Aider.
Is Hugging Face still running?
Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Hugging Face as operating at huggingface.co.
Where is Hugging Face based?
Hugging Face is headquartered in New York, United States.
Does Hugging Face have an API?
Yes. Hugging Face offers an API.
Who is Hugging Face for?
Hugging Face is built for developers and researchers.
How do I sign in to Hugging Face?
Sign in on Hugging Face's own website, huggingface.co. FalcoScan reviews Hugging Face but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Hugging Face directly.