No free tier - verified
Is Hugging Face Inference Providers free?
No. Hugging Face Inference Providers has no free credits for free accounts. Whether your data is used for training depends on the provider serving the model.
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- Offer
- No free tier
- Card required
- Not stated
- Trains on data
- Depends on the serving provider
- Verified
- 2026-10-18
The offer
- Offer class
No free tier
Recorded as: none for free accounts; monthly credits only with paid PRO / Team / Enterprise
“| Free Users | None | - | yes (credits purchase required) |”
huggingface.co “PRO users and Team or Enterprise organizations receive monthly credits to use with Inference Providers. Free users can use Inference Providers by purchasing credits, or by upgrading to PRO”
huggingface.co - How to get it
- Not stated
- Card required
Not stated
Free limits
Values are copied exactly as the provider publishes them, units included. Not stated means the public docs give no value.
Per-model free limits: Not stated
Does it train on your data?
Depends on the serving provider
Hugging Face stores no routed data; each provider's policy applies
Hugging Face does not store routed request/response data for training; each downstream provider's own policy applies.
“Hugging Face does not store any user data for training purposes. We do not store the request body or response when routing requests through Hugging Face.”
“For more information on how your data is handled, please refer to the Data Security Policies of each provider.”
Restrictions
Credits do not apply with custom provider keys
“| **Custom Provider Key** | Yes | Provider | No | Yes | (columns: HF routing | Billed by | Included credits apply | Pay-as-you-go)”
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Upgrade path
Purchase credits (pay-as-you-go) or upgrade to PRO.
Monthly credits on paid plans (not a free tier)
PRO users and Team or Enterprise organizations receive monthly credits; free accounts do not.
- PRO Users
- $2.00
- Team or Enterprise Organizations
- $2.00 per seat
Source: https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/pricing
FAQ
Is Hugging Face Inference Providers free?
No. Hugging Face Inference Providers has no free credits for free accounts. Whether your data is used for training depends on the provider serving the model.
Does Hugging Face Inference Providers train on your data?
Depends on the serving provider (Hugging Face stores no routed data; each provider's policy applies). The terms say: "Hugging Face does not store any user data for training purposes. We do not store the request body or response when routing requests through Hugging Face."
Sources
Last verified from Hugging Face Inference Providers's own pages below. Quotes are verbatim.
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