Replicate
A finite allowance for new accounts; it does not recur.
https://api.replicate.com/v1Models mentioned
The offer covers a dynamic catalog, provider-selected route, or model class without stable model IDs in this snapshot.
Equivalent paid value
How this was valued: The published allowance or a defensible paid comparison is not precise enough to calculate.
The free allowance is a deliberately undisclosed number of runs on the rotating try-for-free collection of media models: Replicate documents the granted-credit rate limit (1 request/second, maximum 6 requests/minute without a payment method) and per-model paid prices, but publishes no credit face value, run count, duration, or reset anywhere in its billing, prepaid-credit, or rate-limit documentation, and its own "free for a limited number of runs" and "after a bit you'll be asked to set up billing" language contradicts any assumed saturation window, so no finite envelope survives the model-spec or modeled tiers.
Limits and terms
- Coverage
- Dynamic subset of models can be run free for a small unquantified allowance.
- Recurrence
- none documented
- No Card Granted Credit Requests Per Second
- 1
- No Card Granted Credit Requests Per Minute
- 6
- Caveat
- Billing setup is required after the model-specific initial allowance is exhausted.
What happens to your prompts?
API data is deleted after one hour by default, but community models, resultant data, and web history introduce additional handling.
- Plan Scope
- Replicate API, web predictions, marketplace models, custom deployments, and training; each model can also impose third-party terms.
- Prompt Retention
- API prediction inputs, outputs, files, and logs are removed after one hour by default. Web-interface prediction data is retained indefinitely until manually deleted.
- Response Retention
- Same API one-hour and web indefinite retention rules. Training artifacts, custom models, and customer-saved files have separate resource lifecycles.
- Ordinary Logging
- Prediction metadata survives removal of input and output data, and Replicate collects service-performance and resultant data for billing, operations, development, diagnostics, and improvement.
- Model Training
- Replicate's Customer Data license permits training customer-requested derivative models but does not expressly authorize training unrelated foundation models on ordinary inference content. Model authors or third-party offerings can add separate terms.
- Product Improvement
- Replicate may compile non-Customer-Data Resultant Data and use it to improve its services and products; the terms limit Customer Data use to service delivery, customer-requested derivative training, and resultant-data creation.
- Human Or Operator Access
- Content is stored during the stated prediction window and may be processed for delivery, support, security, and legal obligations; community model code receives the full input and must be trusted separately.
- Subprocessors And Routing
- Replicate uses listed subprocessors and executes models supplied by Replicate or community authors. Secret fields are redacted after delivery, but a model author can still misuse a secret received by model code.
- Deletion Controls
- API content expires after one hour by default. Web predictions can be manually deleted, which removes their input and output data and files; users must manage training and model resources separately.
- Caveat
- API and web retention differ sharply, and running third-party model code creates a separate trust boundary. Do not assume a model author cannot inspect an input merely because Replicate later deletes it.
Governing documents
- Terms Of Service
- https://replicate.com/terms/
- Privacy Policy
- https://replicate.com/privacy/
Eligibility
- Account Required
- Yes
- Payment Method Required Initially
- No