Hugging Face
French-founded open AI platform and model hub -- the GitHub of machine learning. Significant US presence reflected in lower score.
Quick facts
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Hosting
- 🇺🇸 United States, 🇫🇷 France
- Company
- Hugging Face, Inc.
- Founded
- 2016
- Ownership
- VC-backed
- Infrastructure
- Amazon AWS
- Open source
- Partial
- GDPR
- Compliant
- Pricing
- Freemium · from Free
- Free tier
- Yes
- Platforms
- Web
What does it replace?
Why does it score 74?
European HQ ✗ Outside Europe
Data hosting ~ Mixed hosting
Ownership ~ VC-backed
Infrastructure ~ US cloud infrastructure
GDPR ✓ GDPR compliant
Open source ~ Partially open source
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Pricing & availability
Pricing modelFreemium
Starting priceFree
Free tierYes
PlatformsWeb
Languages
ENFRDEESZH
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