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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": 63.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 303, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 30, "reliability": 75, "schema": 85, "security": 40, "transparency": 78 }, "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.", "bestFor": "Teams already calling Replicate's public models who want their own model behind the same API, MCP server and webhooks.", "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 $5.49 an hour whether called or not", "Send `Prefer: wait` on deployment predictions to block instead of polling", "Copy outputs within an hour; API prediction data is deleted after that", "Wait for the reset time in the 429 body before retrying; prediction creates cap at 600 a minute" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 63.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 70, "payments": 30, "reliability": 75, "schema": 85, "security": 40, "transparency": 69 }, "provenanceScore": 87 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install cog replicate", "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api.replicate.com/v1/deployments/$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": 87 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-deploy.json", "live": { "slug": "replicate-deploy", "probe": { "target": "https://api.replicate.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T23:09:16.949140714Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 293, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 142, "p95ms24h": 332, "samples24h": 269, "samples30d": 1975, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 259, "ok": 259 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://replicatestatus.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:07.002266541Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "replicate/cog", "version": "v0.23.0", "released": "2026-09-22", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:27:09.246140372Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "replicate", "version": "1.4.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:27:06.602404036Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "replicate-mcp", "version": "0.9.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:27:09.031273281Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "replicate", "version": "1.0.7", "released": "2025-05-27", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:27:07.620263226Z" } ], "githubStars": 9487, "npmWeekly": 704939, "pypiWeekly": 356876, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://replicate.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:00.17768337Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://replicate.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:48.463855942Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "replicate.com", "registered": "1998-05-26", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/replicate.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:04.742407865Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://replicate.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:40.627013731Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "490f4836aca3" }, { "url": "https://replicate.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:43.001722065Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "3f1305f154be" }, { "url": "https://replicate.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:45.469231625Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "8e299fbc64eb" }, { "url": "https://replicate.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:23:46.848375869Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ea48efe3382b" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T23:09:16.949140714Z" } }, "answer": "Replicate Deployments scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Vast.ai's 62.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Vast.ai leads on security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "vast-ai", "name": "Vast.ai", "vendor": "Vast.ai Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://vast.ai", "kind": "http-api", "category": "gpu-compute", "summary": "Vast.ai is a marketplace for renting GPUs by the second from independent hosts and data centres, as Docker instances, virtual machines or autoscaling serverless endpoints. Agents use the `vastai` CLI, a Python SDK or a REST API.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vast-ai", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vast-ai.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vast-ai.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vast-ai.json", "repo": "https://github.com/vast-ai/vast-cli", "license": "Proprietary service under Vast.ai's Terms of Use Agreement. The `vastai` CLI and Python SDK on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://console.vast.ai/api/v0", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "vastai" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key from the console's Keys page, sent as `Authorization: Bearer` to https://console.vast.ai/api/v0, or stored once with `vastai set api-key`. Access is self-serve after a browser signup and email verification. A key has full account access by default. Scoped keys take any of 11 permission categories (`instance_read`, `instance_write`, `billing_write` and others) and constraints that narrow an endpoint to resource IDs. Keys are shown once, and can be reset or deleted with immediate effect. The rate-limit page names an `api_key` query parameter as part of a caller's identity, while the authentication page documents only the header.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Prepaid credit with a $5 minimum deposit and no free tier or trial found. Each host sets its own rate per listing, so there is no fixed price list. Live rates are public at vast.ai/pricing and through `vastai search offers`. GPU time bills per second while an instance runs, storage per second while it exists (stopped included) and bandwidth per byte. Interruptible rentals are bid-priced and reserved rentals are prepaid for 1, 3 or 6 months. Serverless adds no fee on top of instance rates. Spent credit is not refunded (https://docs.vast.ai/guides/reference/billing.md, https://docs.vast.ai/guides/instances/pricing.md, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, llms.txt, the agent pricing page or the OpenAPI file (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 223, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": 32699, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.vast.ai", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.vast.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.vast.ai/api-reference/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "compute.gpu", "compute.containers", "compute.serverless", "compute.endpoints" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "marketplace", "usage-priced", "prepaid", "api-key", "scoped-keys", "openapi", "llms-txt", "python", "cli", "agent-skill", "serverless", "spot", "status-page", "soc2" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-02", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 62.6, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 331, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 4, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 78, "security": 72, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "API keys can be limited by permission category and by resource ID, the REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 file, and the CLI ships weekly with a skill file for coding agents. Machines belong to independent hosts, prices move with the market, rate-limit thresholds are unpublished, and there is no SLA or free tier.", "bestFor": "Cost-sensitive training, batch work and self-managed inference where the agent can search listings, set a price cap and tolerate host variance or interruption.", "strengths": [ "API keys take 11 permission categories and per-endpoint constraints on resource IDs, and can be reset or deleted at once", "Public OpenAPI 3.1 file with 89 operations, llms.txt and Markdown docs pages", "MIT CLI and Python SDK, v1.8.3 on 2 October 2026, with 12 tagged releases since 27 July 2026", "Per-second billing, with serverless workers charged at the same rates as rented instances", "Vulnerability disclosure policy with safe harbour and triage within 5 business days, and an account audit log from the CLI" ], "weaknesses": [ "No SLA. The terms say availability is not guaranteed and the service can change without notice", "Rate-limit thresholds are unpublished and 429 responses carry no `Retry-After` header", "No free tier. Credit is prepaid with a $5 minimum deposit after a browser signup and email verification", "Hosts are independent. The security FAQ says individual hosts may have less formal security than Secure Cloud data centres", "The terms of 1 September 2026 prohibit scripts and automated access to the services without a separate written agreement, which conflicts with the public API" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a scoped key with `vastai create api-key --permissions` for the agent. A default key has full account access, billing and key management included", "Pass `--raw` on every CLI command for JSON output, and `-y` on `vastai destroy instance`, which otherwise waits for a confirmation prompt", "Register an SSH key with `vastai create ssh-key` before creating an instance, or the host is unreachable", "Destroy instances when finished. A stopped instance still bills storage, and a zero balance without a saved card leads to deletion", "Back off on HTTP 429 yourself when calling REST directly. The CLI retries 429 three times from 0.15 seconds", "Filter searches with `verified=true` or the Secure Cloud option for sensitive data, and set a `dph_total` price cap" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 62.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 81, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 78, "security": 72, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 79 }, "connect": { "install": "pip install vastai", "http": "curl -s -H \"Authorization: Bearer $VAST_API_KEY\" \\\n \"https://console.vast.ai/api/v0/users/current/\"", "claudeCode": "/plugin marketplace add vast-ai/vast-claude-plugin\n/plugin install vastai" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/compute.gpu", "tool": "https://letme.dev/vast-ai" }, "area": "models", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Vast.ai Inc.", "domain": "vast.ai", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://vast.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://vast.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.vast.ai", "changelog": "https://github.com/vast-ai/vast-cli/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Terms of Use Agreement, version date 1 September 2026, names Vast.ai Inc. and its affiliates, covers the website and the rental service, and is governed by California law with JAMS arbitration in the Los Angeles area.", "The privacy policy, version date 18 June 2025, names Vast.ai Inc. and a Privacy Officer at contact@vast.ai. It is written for users of the website and contains an unfilled `[INSERT HYPERLINK]` placeholder.", "A Data Processing Agreement at vast.ai/data-processing-agreement forms part of the terms, with standard contractual clauses and five named sub-processors (Stripe, Google, Meta, Twitter, Microsoft).", "The REST API answers at console.vast.ai and serverless routing at run.vast.ai, both on the vendor's domain. Rented machines belong to independent hosts.", "vast.ai/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. A vulnerability disclosure policy dated 23 July 2025 at vast.ai/vulnerability-disclosure-policy sends reports to security@vast.ai.", "No API changelog was found in the docs index. The changelog link is the CLI and SDK repository's release list, which has no CHANGELOG file.", "RDAP for vast.ai gives a registration date of 2017-12-16." ], "score": 79 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vast-ai.json", "live": { "slug": "vast-ai", "probe": { "target": "https://console.vast.ai/api/v0", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T23:09:21.957641218Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 336, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 342, "p95ms24h": 407, "samples24h": 61, "samples30d": 61, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 61, "ok": 61 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.vast.ai", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T19:39:18.949416936Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.vast.ai/guides/instances/pricing.md", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:19:43.22968168Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "7cd305f9206a" }, { "url": "https://vast.ai/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:30.293684318Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "afe890f5aa20" }, { "url": "https://vast.ai/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:32.570996649Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "652ca94c3dd7" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T23:09:21.957641218Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Replicate", "b": "Vast.ai Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.replicate.com/v1", "b": "https://console.vast.ai/api/v0", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Apache-2.0", "b": "Proprietary service under Vast.ai's Terms of Use Agreement. 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Vast.ai leads on security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Replicate Deployments or Vast.ai?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Replicate Deployments and Vast.ai need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Replicate Deployments has a hosted endpoint at https://api.replicate.com/v1 and Vast.ai at https://console.vast.ai/api/v0.", "question": "Can an agent call Replicate Deployments and Vast.ai without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "Replicate Deployments is open source (Apache-2.0). 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Vast.ai leads on security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do compute gpu.", "verdicts": { "replicate-deploy": "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.", "vast-ai": "API keys can be limited by permission category and by resource ID, the REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 file, and the CLI ships weekly with a skill file for coding agents. Machines belong to independent hosts, prices move with the market, rate-limit thresholds are unpublished, and there is no SLA or free tier." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-deploy-vs-vast-ai", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-deploy-vs-vast-ai.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-deploy-vs-vast-ai.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-deploy-vs-vast-ai.min.md" }, "markdown": "Replicate Deployments scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Vast.ai's 62.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Vast.ai leads on security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do compute gpu.\n\n- Replicate Deployments: grade B, 63.6/100, rank #303 of 722. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vast-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vast-ai.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Replicate Deployments (B)\n\nGood for: Teams already calling Replicate's public models who want their own model behind the same API, MCP server and webhooks.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 65\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 78\n- Agent ergonomics, 68 against 57\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 78 against 62\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Private instances bill set-up and idle time, H100 at $5.49 an hour\n\n### Vast.ai (B)\n\nGood for: Cost-sensitive training, batch work and self-managed inference where the agent can search listings, set a price cap and tolerate host variance or interruption.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 72 against 40\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 70\n\nWatch for: No SLA. The terms say availability is not guaranteed and the service can change without notice\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Replicate Deployments | Vast.ai | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 75 | 65 | Replicate Deployments +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 78 | Replicate Deployments +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 57 | Replicate Deployments +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 40 | 72 | Vast.ai +32 |\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 | 81 | Vast.ai +11 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 62 | Replicate Deployments +16 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **63.6 · B** | **62.6 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Replicate Deployments | Vast.ai |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Replicate | Vast.ai Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.replicate.com/v1` | `https://console.vast.ai/api/v0` |\n| Transports | HTTP, SSE (legacy), stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under Vast.ai's Terms of Use Agreement. The `vastai` CLI and Python SDK on GitHub are MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-22 | 2026-10-02 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-04-01 | 2026-09-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-04-01 | 2025-06-18 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |\n| Popularity | 9.5k stars, 634k npm/wk, 387k PyPI/wk | 223 stars, 33k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |\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**Vast.ai.** API keys can be limited by permission category and by resource ID, the REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 file, and the CLI ships weekly with a skill file for coding agents. Machines belong to independent hosts, prices move with the market, rate-limit thresholds are unpublished, and there is no SLA or free tier.\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### Vast.ai\n\n1. Create a scoped key with `vastai create api-key --permissions` for the agent. A default key has full account access, billing and key management included\n2. Pass `--raw` on every CLI command for JSON output, and `-y` on `vastai destroy instance`, which otherwise waits for a confirmation prompt\n3. Register an SSH key with `vastai create ssh-key` before creating an instance, or the host is unreachable\n4. Destroy instances when finished. A stopped instance still bills storage, and a zero balance without a saved card leads to deletion\n5. Back off on HTTP 429 yourself when calling REST directly. The CLI retries 429 three times from 0.15 seconds\n6. Filter searches with `verified=true` or the Secure Cloud option for sensitive data, and set a `dph_total` price cap\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Replicate Deployments or Vast.ai?\n\nReplicate Deployments scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against Vast.ai's 62.6 (B), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Vast.ai leads on security \u0026 auth and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do Replicate Deployments and Vast.ai need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Replicate Deployments and Vast.ai without installing anything?\n\nYes. Replicate Deployments has a hosted endpoint at https://api.replicate.com/v1 and Vast.ai at https://console.vast.ai/api/v0.\n\n### Are Replicate Deployments and Vast.ai open source?\n\nReplicate Deployments is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Vast.ai.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-deploy-vs-vast-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-deploy-vs-vast-ai.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"replicate-deploy\", \"b\": \"vast-ai\"}`. 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