Hugging Face
The open AI hub for models, datasets and demos, being acquired by NVIDIA
Overview
Hugging Face is the largest public hub for open AI models (3M+), datasets (1M+) and Spaces demos, with Inference Providers, Inference Endpoints and open-source libraries such as Transformers. NVIDIA agreed to acquire it in September 2026. Free account; PRO $9 a month, Team $20 per user, Enterprise from $50.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 1 Oct 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- Public models and datasets
- 100 GB private storage
- 5 min/day ZeroGPU
- Free CPU Basic Spaces
- 10x private storage
- 20x inference credits
- 8x ZeroGPU quota, ZeroGPU Spaces hosting
- Private Dataset Viewer
- SSO (SAML and OIDC)
- Storage regions and audit logs
- Resource groups and analytics
- PRO benefits for all members
- SCIM provisioning
- Highest storage and API limits
- Managed annual billing
- Dedicated support
What you can produce with Hugging Face
- Hub hosting 3M+ open models and 1M+ datasets
- Spaces for interactive AI demos
- Inference Providers with no markup
- Inference Endpoints on dedicated hardware
- Open-source libraries such as Transformers
- Storage buckets and jobs
Hugging Face remains indispensable for anyone working with open AI models: the default place to find, share and test models and datasets, with simple paid plans and pay-as-you-go inference with no markup on partner providers. Two developments matter in 2026: NVIDIA's pending acquisition, with promises to stay hardware-neutral, and a July security intrusion that Hugging Face says did not touch public models. The free tier is generous; PRO at $9 a month is good value for heavy users. Keep using it, and keep an eye on how the NVIDIA deal changes terms after closing.
What we found
Hugging Face is the main public hub for open AI models, datasets and demo apps, hosting more than 3.1 million models and 1 million datasets as of 1 October 2026, alongside Spaces, where developers publish interactive demos. It also maintains widely used open-source libraries such as Transformers, Diffusers and Datasets. Inference Providers, which replaced its older serverless Inference API, routes requests to partner providers at their own rates with no markup; Inference Endpoints run models on dedicated hardware, from $0.03 an hour for a CPU to $4.50 for an H100; and storage buckets and jobs are newer additions. Its AutoTrain tool is no longer maintained. In July 2026 Hugging Face disclosed an intrusion that it said was driven end to end by an autonomous AI agent system, and reported no evidence of tampering with public models, datasets or Spaces.
Hugging Face, Inc. was founded in New York in 2016 by Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond and Thomas Wolf and has an EU base in Paris. On 2 September 2026 NVIDIA agreed to buy it for about $11.9 billion plus up to $1 billion in retention equity, with completion expected in the first half of 2027 subject to regulatory approval; NVIDIA has said developers will not need NVIDIA hardware to use the Hub and that it will support other chip makers.
A free account covers public models and datasets, 100 GB of private storage, five minutes a day of ZeroGPU and free basic CPU Spaces. PRO costs $9 a month and adds ten times the private storage, more inference credits, eight times the ZeroGPU quota, private dataset viewing and ZeroGPU Spaces hosting. Team costs $20 per user a month with SSO, storage regions, audit logs and resource groups, and Enterprise starts at $50 per user a month with SCIM, the highest limits, annual billing and dedicated support. Paid plans include $2 a month of compute credits per seat, and extra private storage costs $18 per terabyte a month.
It suits anyone building with open models, from students to large companies.
Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.
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