Groq vs Replicate

In short

• Both: Choice of models, API, Official SDKs, Runs models for you
• Only Replicate states: Traces and evaluates

Groq

GroqCloud is an API platform for running language, speech, vision, and agentic AI models with low-latency inference.

Plans

Not read from the maker’s page yet.

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Choice of models — “Explore all available models on GroqCloud.” source
• API — “Get started with the Groq API” source
• Official SDKs — “import Groq from "groq-sdk";” source
• Runs models for you — “Hosted models are directly accessible through the GroqCloud Models API endpoint using the model IDs mentioned above.” source

Latest updates

• 2025-12-01 Added MCP Connectors (Beta)

  Groq now supports Google Workspace connectors for Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive using Model Context Protocol (MCP).

• 2025-10-29 Added OpenAI GPT-OSS-Safeguard 20B

  This model helps classify text content based on customizable policies.

• 2025-10-21 Added Prompt Caching Enabled for GPT-OSS 120B

  Automatic prompt caching is now live for openai/gpt-oss-120b; cache hits provide 50% cost savings on cached input tokens.

Replicate

Replicate lets developers run, deploy, and scale machine learning models through a web interface or cloud API.

Plans

black-forest-labs / flux-1.1-pro

• $0.04 / output image

• Text-to-image model
• Excellent image quality, prompt adherence, and output diversity

black-forest-labs / flux-dev

• $0.025 / output image

• 12 billion parameter rectified flow transformer
• Generates images from text descriptions

black-forest-labs / flux-schnell

• $3.00 / thousand output images

• Fast image generation
• Tailored for local development and personal use

deepseek-ai / deepseek-r1

• $0.01 / thousand output tokens
• $3.75 / million input tokens

• Reasoning model trained with reinforcement learning
• On par with OpenAI o1

ideogram-ai / ideogram-v3-quality

• $0.09 / output image

• Highest quality Ideogram v3 model
• Creates images with realism, creative designs, and consistent styles

recraft-ai / recraft-v3

• $0.04 / output image

• Text-to-image model
• Generates long texts and images in a wide list of styles

wavespeedai / wan-2.1-i2v-480p

• $0.09 / second of output video

• Accelerated inference for Wan 2.1 14B image to video

wavespeedai / wan-2.1-i2v-720p

• $0.25 / second of output video

• Accelerated inference for Wan 2.1 14B image to video with high resolution

CPU (Small)

• $ 0.000025 /sec
• $ 0.09 /hr

• cpu-small
• CPU 1x
• RAM 2GB

CPU

• $ 0.36 /hr

• cpu
• CPU 4x
• RAM 8GB

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Choice of models — “Compare models in the Playground” source
• API — “Replicate - Run AI with an API” source
• Official SDKs — “import Replicate from "replicate"” source
• Runs models for you — “Cog takes care of generating an API server and deploying it on a big cluster in the cloud.” source
• Traces and evaluates — “Metrics let you keep an eye on how your models are performing, and logs let you zoom in on particular predictions to debug how your model is behaving.” source

Latest updates

• 2026-04-21 Agent skills for Replicate

  Replicate now publishes agent skills, markdown instruction files that give coding assistants knowledge about working with AI models on Replicate.

• 2026-03-02 Fallback model for Nano Banana Pro

  Nano Banana Pro can fall back to Seedream 5.0 lite when Google’s API is at capacity.

• 2026-02-10 MCP server auto-discovery

  Replicate’s MCP server can now be discovered automatically through the official MCP Registry.