Alternatives to Hugging Face
Tools that overlap in use case, field, or sector — plus curated picks. Compare and choose for your needs.
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OpenRouter
Single API to call 400+ LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, etc.) with pas…
together.ai
Cloud platform to run inference and fine-tune open and custom models. UK SMEs wi…
AI Detect Lab
Detects AI-generated images and deepfakes, including Midjourney and Flux. For co…
Perplexity
Search engine that answers questions with cited sources. UK SMEs can use it for…
Price Per Token
Comparison site for LLM API pricing across 200+ models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Googl…
From £0
ChatGPT GDPR/DPA
OpenAI’s chatbot for conversation, writing, code, and research. Widely used; UK…
Context Lens UK/EU data
Open-source local proxy that visualises how coding tools use LLM context: system…
From £0
DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s conversational and coding models via chat and API. Low-cost API and f…
Le Chat
Mistral AI’s free web chat for its models (Mistral Large, etc.). UK SMEs can try…
Microsoft Copilot UK/EU data GDPR/DPA
Microsoft’s AI assistant for search, writing, and summarisation in Bing and Wind…
From £0/mo
NoteGPT
Note-taking tool that records, transcribes, and summarises meetings, lectures, p…
Papers with Code
Free directory linking ML papers to code, datasets, and benchmarks. Helps UK tea…
Weights & Biases
Platform for ML experiment tracking, dataset versioning, and model management. U…
Adobe Firefly GDPR/DPA
Adobe’s generative image and design tools in the Creative Cloud ecosystem. UK SM…
AI Cost Board – Track LLM Cost, Requests, and Errors Across Providers
Tracks LLM spend, request volume, and errors across multiple providers in one pl…
AIWriteBook – AI tool to write, design, and publish full-length books
End-to-end book creation: from idea to outline, chapters, cover, illustrations,…
Chat Youtube
Summarises YouTube videos and answers questions about the content. Free; useful…
Civitai
Community hub for sharing and downloading Stable Diffusion and other open-source…
Claude GDPR/DPA
Anthropic’s conversational AI for analysis, writing, and coding. UK SMEs can use…
From £8/mo
Clipdrop
Stability AI’s image tools for background removal, uncrop, and ReImage XL. UK SM…
Codeium
Free AI code completion and chat in the IDE (VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, etc.).…
Continuous AI in practice: What developers can automate today with agentic CI
Article on what dev teams can automate today using agentic CI. Useful for UK SME…
Cursor
Code editor built on VS Code with built-in AI for completions, chat, and refacto…
d-id
Creates AI-generated talking-head and digital presenter videos from text or audi…