HuggingFace Inference Providers

Free serverless inference for open-source models

HuggingFace provides free serverless inference for various open-source models with a monthly credit allocation.

Overview

HuggingFace Inference Providers offer free API access to thousands of open-source models through serverless inference endpoints.

Rate Limits

Monthly Credits: $0.10/month in free credits for serverless inference

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Model Support

Size Limitation: HuggingFace Serverless Inference is limited to models smaller than 10GB. However, some popular models are supported even if they exceed 10GB.

Available Models

• Various open-source models across supported providers
• Text generation models (Llama, Mistral, Gemma, etc.)
• Text embedding models
• Image generation models
• Audio models
• Computer vision models

Browse Models

Explore thousands of available models on HuggingFace

API Usage

Python

from huggingface_hub import InferenceClient

client = InferenceClient(token="YOUR_HF_TOKEN")

response = client.chat_completion(
    model="meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello, how are you?"}
    ],
    max_tokens=500
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Getting Started

1. Create Account

   Sign up at huggingface.co

2. Generate Access Token

   Create a user access token from your settings

3. Choose Model

   Browse the model hub and select a model

4. Start Inferencing

   Use the API or Python client to run inference

Inference Providers

HuggingFace partners with multiple inference providers:

AWS

Amazon Web Services infrastructure

Azure

Microsoft Azure cloud platform

Google Cloud

Google Cloud Platform

HuggingFace

Native HuggingFace infrastructure

Key Features

• Access to thousands of open-source models
• Automatic model loading and scaling
• No infrastructure management required
• Pay-as-you-go pricing with free monthly credits
• Support for various model types (text, image, audio, etc.)

Use Cases

• Prototyping: Quickly test different models
• Research: Experiment with latest open-source models
• Development: Build applications without infrastructure setup
• Comparison: Test multiple models to find the best fit

Additional Resources

HuggingFace Hub

Explore models and datasets

Documentation

API documentation

Python Client

Python library documentation

Pricing

Detailed pricing information