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Best for: Developers and product teams that need to discover, evaluate, and integrate a wide range of hosted AI models through a unified API-oriented platform.

Overview

Replicate Explore is Replicate’s public catalog for discovering AI models and model collections. The live page presents latest, popular, featured, official, and community models, with model descriptions, run counts, publisher names, and links into individual model pages. It organizes use cases such as image and video generation, speech, music, transcription, OCR, background removal, vision, classification, embeddings, 3D content, and model families. Many collections are usable through an API, and official models are maintained, predictably priced, and supported by a stable API. Replicate’s publishing guidance explains how public models become discoverable through Explore, search, and the List models API.

How to build & ship

  1. 1Create or select a Replicate model and establish a version.
  2. 2Define clear model inputs and descriptions in the model implementation.
  3. 3Run a prediction and save at least one example prediction.
  4. 4Add a README or model card describing use, limitations, ethics, intended and out-of-scope uses, and technical details.
  5. 5Make the model public, then integrate it through Replicate’s API or client libraries and manage production traffic with documented rate limits.

Key APIs & SDKs

Predictions API
List models API
Replicate client libraries
Webhooks
Deployments

Integration types

Connector
Workflow action
Bot

Authentication & security

  • Primary auth: Replicate API token
  • Also supports: Replicate account sign-in
  • Security review: Not required
  • No general manual marketplace review requirement is stated. Explore, search, and List models visibility requires a public model with at least one version and at least one example prediction; model documentation should cover use, limitations, ethical considerations, intended and out-of-scope uses, troubleshooting, and citations.
  • No separate approval workflow is specified. Explore, search, and List models visibility requires a public model, at least one version, and at least one example prediction.
  • Replicate documents 600 prediction-creation requests per minute and 3,000 requests per minute for all other endpoints. Short bursts above defaults may be allowed; stronger limits can apply near credit exhaustion; accounts with granted credit and no payment method may be limited to 1 request per second and 6 requests per minute. Exceeding a limit returns HTTP 429.
Auth docs Store policies

Monetization

Usage-based
Onboarding
Not publicly specified
Commission
Not publicly specified
Merchant of Record
Not publicly specified

Pros & cons for builders

Pros

  • Broad catalog spanning many AI modalities and use cases
  • Direct API orientation with client libraries, webhooks, and deployments
  • Transparent discoverability criteria and model documentation guidance

Cons

  • Third-party and community models can vary in quality, licensing, and behavior
  • Pricing is model-dependent rather than a single marketplace price
  • Production integrations must account for throttling and credit-related limits

Frequently asked questions

How do I get my app approved on Replicate Explore?

No separate approval workflow is specified. Explore, search, and List models visibility requires a public model, at least one version, and at least one example prediction.

What authentication does Replicate Explore use?

Replicate Explore apps primarily authenticate with Replicate API token, also supporting Replicate account sign-in.

How is Replicate Explore monetized?

Replicate Explore supports Usage-based. Typical commission: Not publicly specified. Onboarding fee: Not publicly specified.

Is a security review required to list on Replicate Explore?

No, Replicate Explore does not require a formal security review before listing.