EmpirioLabs AI vs Replicate

Both run models behind an API on A100 to H200 GPUs. EmpirioLabs AI curates its catalogue and packages a customer's model itself, while Replicate lets anyone publish a model and bills per second.

What's good about each

EmpirioLabs AI

Text, image, video, audio and 3D models on one account
Niche and research models alongside the mainstream ones
OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini request formats
On-demand Nvidia GPUs, from RTX 5090 to B200

Replicate

Run AI/ML models without having to manage the infrastructure
Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
Train and deploy custom models using Cog

GPUs

EmpirioLabs AI offers 19 GPU models, while Replicate offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	EmpirioLabs AI	Replicate	Difference
H100 6 configs · 4 configs	$2.60 /GPU/hr On-demand	$5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand	53% cheaper on EmpirioLabs AI
H200 4 configs · 4 configs	$6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand	$5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand	8% cheaper on Replicate
A100 5 configs · 4 configs	$1.70 /GPU/hr On-demand	$5.04 /GPU/hr On-demand	66% cheaper on EmpirioLabs AI
L40S 4 configs · 4 configs	$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand	$3.51 /GPU/hr On-demand	49% cheaper on EmpirioLabs AI
B300 1 config	$17.00 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	EmpirioLabs AI only
B200 1 config	$10.40 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	EmpirioLabs AI only
RTX PRO 6000 4 configs	$2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	EmpirioLabs AI only
RTX 5090 2 configs	$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	EmpirioLabs AI only
RTX 4090 2 configs	$0.75 /GPU/hr On-demand	--	EmpirioLabs AI only
T4 1 config	--	$0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand	Replicate only

All 19 GPUs on EmpirioLabs AI All 5 GPUs on Replicate

EmpirioLabs AI bills on-demand; Replicate bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Thunder Compute

RTX A6000 from $0.35, A100 from $1.09, per GPU per hour

Billed per minute, no commitment, no minimums

One click into VS Code or Cursor, no SSH setup

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Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service	EmpirioLabs AI	Replicate
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers

Company details

Fact	EmpirioLabs AI	Replicate
Founded	--	2019
Headquarters	USA	USA
Locations	6	--
Example customers	--	BuzzFeed, Labelbox, PhotoAI, Character.ai, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro
Website	empiriolabs.ai	replicate.com

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Our data for EmpirioLabs AI was last updated on Sept. 29, 2026, and for Replicate on Sept. 28, 2026.