Hugging Face
vs
Sevalla
What's good about each
- Hub hosts 3M+ public models and 500k+ datasets
- Free hosting for public models, datasets and demos
- AI models and datasets can be mounted directly into a job
- Single GPUs up to 8x H200 or RTX PRO 6000
- Supports auto-deploy on git push, Docker image deployments, autoscaling, background workers, hibernation and more
- Fully managed platform: containers, databases, caches, and static sites
- Apps and databases run in locations on five continents, static sites on 260+ edge locations
- No seat based pricing, only usage based
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hugging Face | Sevalla | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $18.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1GB RAM (CPU optimized C1) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $160.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8GB RAM (Standard S4) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $320.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16GB RAM (Standard S5) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $30.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $18.00 /mo 1 TB (private) | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 10% cheaper on Hugging Face |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $175.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8GB RAM, 50 GB (Database 4 + 30 GB add-on) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $34.00 /mo 2GB RAM (Database 2) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included with apps | |
| Egress allowance | 8x the amount of data stored | 100 GB (static sites) | |
| Egress | Included within the allowance | $100.00 /TB $0.1 / GB |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Hugging Face offers 7 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Sevalla. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hugging Face | Sevalla | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
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H200
4 configs
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$5.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
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A100
3 configs
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$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
L4
2 configs
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$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
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T4
2 configs
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
|
A10G
4 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hugging Face only |
Hugging Face bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Hugging Face | Sevalla |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 25 |
| Example customers | Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Grammarly, Ai2 | Smart11, Imaginary Space, Talentblocks, ClearEstate |
| Website | huggingface.co | sevalla.com |
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Our data for Hugging Face was last updated on Sept. 24, 2026, and for Sevalla on Sept. 22, 2026.