The no-code Replicate alternative
Run the models. Skip the repo.
Replicate made every open model an API call - if you can write the call. OpenGradient's studios run the same class of open models for chat, image and video in a browser, with one credit balance, upfront prices, and an anonymity layer between you and the model.
Free messages to start · no card · no identity attached
The gap between models and people
Most people don't want to run a model. They want the output.
Developer platforms assume the missing piece is compute access. For most people the missing piece is a product: somewhere to type, sensible defaults, visible prices, and outputs that don't require an S3 bucket to keep.
The API is the interface
Versioned model endpoints, input schemas, tokens and webhooks. Powerful for engineers; a wall for everyone else.
Your prompts, on your account
Standard cloud platforms log requests under your identity for debugging and billing. Fine for CI pipelines - less fine for personal creative work.
The questions people actually bring here
Here's how OpenGradient is different
Open models, finished product
Three studios, zero setup
Chat (Hermes, DeepSeek, GLM plus the frontier), an image studio (Seedream, Nano Banana, GPT Image), and a video studio (Wan, Seedance, Kling, Veo) - all one login, one balance.
Prices before you run
Images from $0.015. Every chat model shows its rate. Video clips price by model and length before you hit generate. 1,000 credits = $1.
Not logged under your name
The anonymity layer splits your identity from your prompts - the platform equivalent of running it yourself, without the GPU.
The architectureFree messages to start · no card · no identity attached
The anonymity layer
Self-hosting privacy, cloud convenience.
Not a policy promise - a protocol. No single party, including us, ever holds both your identity and your question.
Read the full security architectureEncrypted on your device
Messages are encrypted locally before they leave your browser.
Anonymized by Oblivious HTTP
Network relays split who you are from what you're asking. No one sees both.
Unlocked only in a secure enclave
The model reads your prompt inside attested hardware that never learns who sent it.
Different jobs
Replicate vs OpenGradient Chat
| Replicate (API) | OpenGradient | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Developers calling models from code | Using models directly in chat, image and video studios |
| Interface | HTTP API, client libraries, web playground | Full product UI with defaults, presets and galleries |
| Billing | Per-second/per-output API billing | One credit balance across everything; prices shown upfront |
| Privacy | Requests tied to your platform account | Anonymity layer; no prompt logs tied to you |
Replicate is a trademark of Replicate, Inc.. OpenGradient is not affiliated with or endorsed by Replicate, Inc.. Comparisons reflect publicly available information as of July 2026 and may change.
Questions, answered
Frequently asked
- Which open models can I actually use?
- Chat: Hermes 4 (70B and 405B), DeepSeek v4, GLM and more, alongside frontier models. Images: Seedream 4.5 and 5.0 Lite (uncensored), Nano Banana 2, GPT Image 2, GLM-Image. Video: Wan 2.5-2.7, Happy Horse, Seedance 2.0, Kling, Veo 3.1, Hailuo 02, Grok Imagine. The in-product pickers always show the current list.
- Do my credits expire?
- Unused credits can be refunded on request within 14 days of purchase, and there's no subscription clock - a pack you bought in January is still there in June.
- Can I still automate things?
- The product is the studio. If your workflow is code-first, a developer API platform is the right tool - this page is for everyone who'd rather never see a payload.
The output, without the pipeline
Free to start, no card needed. Open a studio and run your first model in under a minute.