It **doesn't have a Free quota**, but is billed by the second, so you only pay for what you use, making it cheaper for occasional use than a monthly subscription — generating 100 FLUX Dev images costs around US$2.5. What you really need to pay attention to is "private models": dedicated hardware will **charge you for idle waiting time**, not just actual computation.
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What Is This
Thousands of open-source generative models via one API, billed per second of compute or per output.
Free Version Limitations
The official pricing page does not offer a free tier or trial quota (Checked 2026-07-31 directly from replicate.com/pricing; whether registration comes with a gift quota is pending verification)
Free Usage Limit
Features
Free quota
Description
Free tier
None
The official website's pricing page does not provide information on the Free quota.
Minimum consumption
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Pay-as-you-go, only charge for what you use
Quota Resets At
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Terms Of Use
Requires registration and binding a payment method
Best for: Those who occasionally need Image generation/Video generation and don't want to pay a monthly subscription fee
API pay-as-you-go (usage-based)
Varies by model: FLUX Pro US$0.04/image, FLUX Dev US$0.025/image, Ideogram v3 Quality US$0.09/image, WAN 2.1 video (720p) US$0.25/second, Claude 3.7 Sonnet US$3.00 per million input tokens
Which Model
FLUX, Ideogram, WAN video models, and thousands of other open-source models
Usage Quota
Charged by the number of images or seconds, pay for what you use.
Max Reading Time
Based on model specifications
This Plan Includes
FLUX Dev US$0.025/image
FLUX Pro US$0.04/image
Ideogram v3 Quality US$0.09/image
WAN 2.1 Video 720p US$0.25/second
Free to use, no charge
Not Included
Free quota
Monthly subscription with unlimited generation
What Sets Us Apart
Compared to Midjourney (starting at US$10/month), if you generate less than 400 images per month, pay-per-image is more cost-effective here; however, it lacks the parameter tuning community and interface of Midjourney.
Best for: Developers who want to run custom workflows or develop non-image models
API pay-as-you-go (usage-based)
Only the actual processing time is calculated. GPU per-second rate: CPU Small US$0.000025 (US$0.09/hour), CPU US$0.0001 (US$0.36/hour), T4 US$0.000225 (US$0.81/hour), L40S US$0.000975 (US$3.51/hour), A100 80GB US$0.0014 (US$5.04/hour), H100 US$0.001525 (US$5.49/hour)
Which Model
Any public model, customizable GPU level
Usage Quota
Only count actual processing time
Max Reading Time
Based on selected hardware
This Plan Includes
T4 US$0.81/hour
L40S US$3.51/hour
A100 80GB US$5.04/hour
H100 US$5.49/hour
Not Included
Idle time is free (only for public models; private models are charged even when idle)
What Sets Us Apart
It saves the hassle of setting up the environment compared to renting a cloud GPU, but the unit price is higher. For long-term large-scale operations, self-deployment is still more cost-effective.
Best for: Model deployments needing dedicated compute hardware
API pay-as-you-go (usage-based)
Dedicated instances are billed based on "total uptime", including startup and idle waiting time, not just actual computation time; fine-tuned models with fast startup are exceptions, only actual processing time is counted
This Plan Includes
Billed on "total uptime" (including startup and idle waiting)
Exception for fast-start fine-tuned models: only actual processing time is billed
Model aggregation platform: It integrates thousands of open-source models (FLUX, Stable Diffusion, video and voice models) into a unified API, eliminating the need to prepare a graphics card. Unlike OpenRouter, it focuses on generating media such as images, videos, and voices, while OpenRouter focuses on text-based dialogue models. The reason for marking free_tier as false: The official pricing page does not provide any information on a free tier, and if there is a quota gift upon registration, it needs to be checked and corrected separately.
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