Replicate vs Recurse

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Replicate compared with Recurse
Detail	Replicate	Recurse
What it does	Run and fine-tune models. Deploy custom models. All with one line of code.	Build and deploy Agent MCP Apps
Stage	Not given	Growing
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	usage-based	usage-based
Pricing	Most models billed by time based on hardware used (CPU $0.000100/sec, T4 GPU $0.000225/sec, L40S GPU $0.000975/sec). Some models billed by input/output tokens or generated items. Private custom models billed for all uptime; fast-booting fine-tunes billed only for active processing.	Not given
Key features	Run thousands of community-contributed open-source models Fine-tune models with custom data to create specialized versions Deploy custom models using Cog, an open-source packaging tool Automatic scaling based on demand Pay only for compute time used Image generation from text	Run agents with Python tools Deploy agents as MCP servers Validate structured inputs and outputs Inspect run results and artifacts Secrets management 24-hour result retention
What makes it different	One-line code interface for running models without ML expertise Automatic infrastructure scaling without manual management Open-source community with thousands of production-ready models Fine-tuning capability to customize models for specific tasks	No subscription or idle charges for usage-based pricing Zero markup on model tokens Hosting included with deployment Available through MCP clients like Claude and Codex Full visibility into agent execution and results
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	83 no change since last check	35 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	45	11
Citation Flow (Majestic)	61	20
Referring domains (Majestic)	11568	39

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