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Replicate vs Salad

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What's good about...

Replicate logo 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

Salad logo Salad

  • 60,000+ daily active GPUs across 190+ countries
  • Consumer cards from GTX 1050 Ti to RTX 5090
  • Four priority levels trade interruption risk against cost
  • SOC 2 Type I compliant, containers isolated by hypervisor
  • No charge while your container downloads and starts

Price comparison

Replicate logo Replicate Pricing

Replicate uses a metered billing model. You only pay as long as your code is running, billed by the second based on the hardware selected.

Salad logo Salad Pricing

Salad bills per second while an instance runs, and charges nothing while a container group allocates or pulls its image.

GPU container groups are priced per GPU per hour at one of four priority levels, vCPU and RAM included. CPU-only groups bill per vCPU and per GB. Credits are prepaid, with volume discounts of 2-10%.

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Replicate Replicate
On-Demand
Salad Salad
On-DemandSpot

Available Models

Replicate offers 5 GPU models, while Salad offers 35.

Replicate Replicate
H100(4) H200(4) A100(4) L40S(4) T4(1)
Salad Salad
RTX 5090(2) RTX 4090(2) A5000(2) RTX 3090(2) RTX 4080(2) RTX 5080(2) RTX 4060(2) RTX 3060(4) RTX 3060 Ti(2) RTX 3070(2)
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Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Replicate and Salad offer:

Service Replicate Salad
GPU-powered Servers
Managed Containers

Company details

Website
Replicate Replicate
replicate.com
Salad Salad
salad.com
Headquarters
Replicate Replicate
United States of America US flag
Salad Salad
United States of America US flag
Founded
Replicate Replicate
2019
Salad Salad
2018
Data Center Locations
Replicate Replicate
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Salad Salad
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Example Customers
Replicate Replicate
BuzzFeed, Labelbox, PhotoAI, Character.ai, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro
Salad Salad
Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Replicate was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Salad on Sept. 11, 2026.