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The hosted MCP at https://mcp.replicate.com/sse asks for the token in a browser flow and holds it for the client; the local `replicate-mcp` package reads `REPLICATE_API_TOKEN`.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Private models and deployments bill per second for the whole time an instance is up, set-up and idle included, from prepaid credit or monthly in arrears. CPU $0.000100 a second ($0.36 an hour), T4 $0.000225 ($0.81), L40S $0.000975 ($3.51), A100 80 GB $0.001400 ($5.04), H100 $0.001525 ($5.49), 2x L40S $0.001950 ($7.02), 2x A100 $0.002800 ($10.08). 2x H100 ($10.98), 4x and 8x L40S, A100 and H100 up to $43.92 an hour need a committed-spend contract. Fast-booting fine-tunes bill only while active. Public models bill only active time and not failures (https://replicate.com/pricing, https://replicate.com/docs/topics/billing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 9500, "npmWeekly": 634116, "pypiWeekly": 386704, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://replicate.com/docs/topics/deployments", "llmsTxt": "https://replicate.com/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.replicate.com/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "compute.gpu", "compute.endpoints", "compute.serverless", "compute.containers" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage-priced", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "python", "typescript", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "open-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-22", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 63.7, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 197, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 30, "reliability": 75, "schema": 85, "security": 40, "transparency": 80 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OpenAPI file, llms.txt and an MCP server with a two-tool code mode. Private instances bill set-up and idle time, H100 at $5.49 an hour.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI file, llms.txt and an MCP server with a two-tool code mode", "Deployment min and max instances settable over the API, 0 allowed", "API prediction data deleted after one hour by default", "Published limits, 600 prediction creates and 3,000 other calls a minute", "Leaked tokens found on GitHub are disabled automatically" ], "weaknesses": [ "Private instances bill set-up and idle time, H100 at $5.49 an hour", "API tokens have no scopes, expiry or audit log", "Changelog silent since 21 April 2026", "Only T4, L40S, A100 and H100, and more than 2 GPUs needs a committed-spend contract", "Two September 2026 incidents ran 15 and 20 hours, both marked minor" ], "agentNotes": [ "List `GET /v1/hardware` first and use the returned `sku` in the deployment body", "Set `min_instances` to 0 for bursty work; a warm H100 bills $5.49 an hour whether called or not", "Send `Prefer: wait` on deployment predictions to block instead of polling", "Copy outputs within an hour; API prediction data is deleted after that", "Wait for the reset time in the 429 body before retrying; prediction creates cap at 600 a minute" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 30, "reliability": 75, "schema": 85, "security": 40, "transparency": 69 }, "provenanceScore": 90 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install cog replicate", "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api.replicate.com/v1/deployments/$REPLICATE_OWNER/my-deployment/predictions\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $REPLICATE_API_TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"Prefer: wait\" \\\n -d '{\"input\":{\"prompt\":\"hello\"}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add replicate https://mcp.replicate.com/sse --transport sse --scope user", "config": { "mcpServers": { "replicate": { "args": [ "-y", "replicate-mcp" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "REPLICATE_API_TOKEN": "${REPLICATE_API_TOKEN}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/compute.gpu", "tool": "https://letme.dev/replicate-deploy" }, "sameCompany": [ "replicate-image", "replicate-musicgen" ], "area": "models", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "H100 80 GB", "unit": "gpu-hour", "usd": 5.49, "note": "$0.001525 a second, including set-up and idle" }, { "item": "A100 80 GB", "unit": "gpu-hour", "usd": 5.04, "note": "$0.001400 a second" }, { "item": "L40S 48 GB", "unit": "gpu-hour", "usd": 3.51, "note": "$0.000975 a second" }, { "item": "T4 16 GB", "unit": "gpu-hour", "usd": 0.81, "note": "$0.000225 a second" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Replicate, LLC", "domain": "replicate.com", "domainRegistered": "1998-05-26", "domainNote": "replicate.com was registered in 1998, long before Replicate the company existed.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://replicate.com/terms", "privacy": "https://replicate.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://replicatestatus.com", "changelog": "https://replicate.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Terms last updated 2026-04-01 name Replicate, LLC as the contracting party.", "replicatestatus.com redirects to Cloudflare's status page filtered to Replicate.", "Replicate's hosted image and music models are listed separately under image generation and music generation." ], "score": 90 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-deploy.json", "live": { "slug": "replicate-deploy", "probe": { "target": "https://api.replicate.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T01:43:43.97616181Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 364, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, 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"url": "https://replicate.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:22.274270654Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8e299fbc64eb" }, { "url": "https://replicate.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:47:23.877388602Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ea48efe3382b" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T01:43:43.97616181Z" } }, "b": { "slug": "runpod", "name": "Runpod", "vendor": "Runpod", "vendorUrl": "https://www.runpod.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "gpu-compute", "summary": "Serverless GPU endpoints, queue-based or load-balanced, and rented GPU Pods, billed per second from prepaid credit.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runpod", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runpod.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runpod.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/runpod.json", "repo": "https://github.com/runpod/runpod-python", "license": "MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.runpod.ai/v2", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "runpod" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "runpod-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@runpod/mcp-server" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "runpod-flash" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "API key from the console sent as `Authorization: Bearer` to serverless endpoints at api.runpod.ai/v2/\u003cendpoint-id\u003e and to the management REST API v2 at api.runpod.io/v2. Keys can be All, Read Only or Restricted per serverless endpoint. The deprecated GraphQL API takes the key as `?api_key=` in the URL. The hosted MCP server at mcp.getrunpod.io signs in with OAuth (Sign in with Runpod) or takes an API key as a Bearer header; the local `@runpod/mcp-server` reads `RUNPOD_API_KEY`.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid credit, billed per second and rounded up to the nearest second, with no data transfer fees and no free tier. Serverless flex workers an hour are 16 GB A4000 class $0.58, L4, A5000 or RTX 3090 $0.69, RTX 4090 $1.10, RTX Pro 4500 $1.15, A6000 or A40 $1.22, RTX 5090 $1.58, L40, L40S or RTX 6000 Ada $1.75, A100 80 GB $2.72, RTX Pro 6000 $3.49, H100 $4.79, H200 $5.93, B200 $8.64, B300 $9.98. Active (always-on) workers are discounted through sales. Pods run from $0.27 an hour (RTX A5000) to $7.89 (B300) on Community or Secure Cloud. Container disk $0.10 a GB-month, volume disk $0.10 running and $0.20 idle, network volumes $0.07 a GB-month under 1 TB and $0.05 above, high-performance $0.14. Default spend cap $80 an hour. Cards, crypto after KYC, prepaid cards at $100 or more a transaction, invoicing above $5,000 (https://www.runpod.io/pricing, https://docs.runpod.io/serverless/pricing, https://docs.runpod.io/accounts-billing/billing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 314, "npmWeekly": 21838, "pypiWeekly": 146926, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.runpod.io", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.runpod.io/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.runpod.io/v2/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "compute.gpu", "compute.serverless", "compute.endpoints", "compute.batch", "compute.containers" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "usage-priced", "prepaid", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "async-jobs", "batch", "webhooks", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-15", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.7, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 329, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 20, "reliability": 35, "schema": 81, "security": 60, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Per-second billing across more than a dozen serverless GPU classes, H100 at $4.79 and A100 80 GB at $2.72 an hour. Data-centre outages of 6 to 24 hours in each of July, August and September 2026.", "strengths": [ "Per-second billing across more than a dozen serverless GPU classes, H100 at $4.79 and A100 80 GB at $2.72 an hour", "API keys can be Read Only or restricted per serverless endpoint", "OpenAPI file for REST v2, llms.txt and dated release notes with deprecation dates", "Official MCP server, hosted with OAuth or local over stdio", "Valid security.txt and SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 in the trust centre" ], "weaknesses": [ "Data-centre outages of 6 to 24 hours in each of July, August and September 2026", "No published rate limits, 429 guidance, error codes or SLA", "The GraphQL API, live until early 2027, takes the API key in the URL", "No free tier, prepaid credit only", "Three APIs in flight, with REST v1 retiring on 15 November 2026" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a Restricted or Read Only key per endpoint for the agent, not an All key", "Use REST v2 at api.runpod.io/v2 with a Bearer header; avoid GraphQL, which puts the key in the URL", "Fetch `/run` results within 30 minutes and `/runsync` results within 1 minute, or they're gone", "Call `/retry` on a failed job ID rather than submitting a duplicate job", "Check `/health` before relying on an endpoint idle for a week, since max workers drop to 0" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.7 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 47, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 20, "reliability": 35, "schema": 81, "security": 60, "transparency": 60 }, "provenanceScore": 70 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install runpod # or npm i runpod-sdk", "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api.runpod.ai/v2/$RUNPOD_ENDPOINT_ID/runsync\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $RUNPOD_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"input\":{\"prompt\":\"Hello, world!\"}}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http runpod https://mcp.getrunpod.io/ --header \"Authorization: Bearer $RUNPOD_API_KEY\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "runpod": { "args": [ "-y", "@runpod/mcp-server@latest" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "RUNPOD_API_KEY": "${RUNPOD_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/compute.gpu", "tool": "https://letme.dev/runpod" }, "area": "models", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "H100 80 GB serverless flex", "unit": "gpu-hour", "usd": 4.79, "note": "Billed per second" }, { "item": "H200 141 GB serverless flex", "unit": "gpu-hour", "usd": 5.93 }, { "item": "B200 180 GB serverless flex", "unit": "gpu-hour", "usd": 8.64 }, { "item": "A100 80 GB serverless flex", "unit": "gpu-hour", "usd": 2.72 }, { "item": "L40S 48 GB serverless flex", "unit": "gpu-hour", "usd": 1.75 }, { "item": "RTX 4090 24 GB serverless flex", "unit": "gpu-hour", "usd": 1.1 }, { "item": "L4 24 GB serverless flex", "unit": "gpu-hour", "usd": 0.69 }, { "item": "Container disk", "unit": "gb-month", "usd": 0.1 }, { "item": "Network volume under 1 TB", "unit": "gb-month", "usd": 0.07, "note": "$0.05 above 1 TB, $0.14 high-performance" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Runpod, Inc.", "domain": "runpod.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://www.runpod.io/legal/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.runpod.io/legal/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://uptime.runpod.io", "changelog": "https://docs.runpod.io/release-notes", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Terms effective 24 March 2026 name Runpod, Inc. under Delaware law. 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Both do compute gpu. The largest gap is reliability, 40 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-deploy-vs-runpod", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-deploy-vs-runpod.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-deploy-vs-runpod.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-deploy-vs-runpod.min.md" }, "markdown": "Replicate Deployments has a score of 63.7 (B) against Runpod's 53.7 (D). Both do compute gpu. The largest gap is reliability, 40 points.\n\n- Replicate Deployments: grade B, 63.7/100, rank #197 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-deploy.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-deploy.json\n- Runpod: grade D, 53.7/100, rank #329 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runpod.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/runpod.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Replicate Deployments for reliability (+40), agent ergonomics (+21), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), transparency \u0026 trust (+15).\n\nPick Runpod for security \u0026 auth (+20), maintenance \u0026 community (+12).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Replicate Deployments | Runpod | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 35 | Replicate Deployments +40 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 81 | Replicate Deployments +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 47 | Replicate Deployments +21 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 40 | 60 | Runpod +20 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Replicate Deployments +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 82 | Runpod +12 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 65 | Replicate Deployments +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.7 · B** | **53.7 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Replicate Deployments | Runpod |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Replicate | Runpod |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.replicate.com/v1` | `https://api.runpod.ai/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-15 |\n| Popularity | 9.5k stars, 634k npm/wk, 387k PyPI/wk | 314 stars, 22k npm/wk, 147k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Replicate Deployments.** OpenAPI file, llms.txt and an MCP server with a two-tool code mode. Private instances bill set-up and idle time, H100 at $5.49 an hour.\n\n**Runpod.** Per-second billing across more than a dozen serverless GPU classes, H100 at $4.79 and A100 80 GB at $2.72 an hour. Data-centre outages of 6 to 24 hours in each of July, August and September 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Replicate Deployments\n\n1. List `GET /v1/hardware` first and use the returned `sku` in the deployment body\n2. Set `min_instances` to 0 for bursty work; a warm H100 bills $5.49 an hour whether called or not\n3. Send `Prefer: wait` on deployment predictions to block instead of polling\n4. Copy outputs within an hour; API prediction data is deleted after that\n5. Wait for the reset time in the 429 body before retrying; prediction creates cap at 600 a minute\n\n### Runpod\n\n1. Create a Restricted or Read Only key per endpoint for the agent, not an All key\n2. Use REST v2 at api.runpod.io/v2 with a Bearer header; avoid GraphQL, which puts the key in the URL\n3. Fetch `/run` results within 30 minutes and `/runsync` results within 1 minute, or they're gone\n4. Call `/retry` on a failed job ID rather than submitting a duplicate job\n5. 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