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AI21 Labs vs Hugging Face Inference pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (2 days ago)Source: AI21 Labs: www.ai21.com/pricing, Hugging Face Inference: huggingface.co/pricingVerified shows the older of the two.

Monthly cost at three volumes

These services do not bill on a shared metric, so a like-for-like cost is unlisted.

Cheapest model per service, USD per 1M tokens

Cheapest priced model of each service
ServiceCheapest modelInputOutputModels listed
AI21 LabsJamba Mini$0.20$0.402
Hugging Face Inferenceplan pricingunlistedunlistedn/a

Every model

Every model of both services, USD per 1M tokens
ModelServiceInputOutput
Jamba MiniAI21 Labs$0.20$0.40
Jamba LargeAI21 Labs$2$8

Models are compared by name and price, never by position. Pick one model per service, or "Cheapest model", in the cost table above.

Tiers, aligned by position

Tiers of AI21 Labs and Hugging Face Inference aligned by position: free, entry, mid, top
PositionAI21 LabsHugging Face Inference
Free$0 onceFree Trialno tier
EntryunlistedPay As You Go$9 / moPRO Account
Midno tier$20 / moTeam
TopContact salesCustom Plan$50 / moEnterprise

Tightest rate limit

Tightest documented rate limit of each service
MeasureAI21 LabsHugging Face Inference
Tightest limitunlistedunlisted

Changes in the last 90 days

No changes recorded.

No change detected for either service in the last 90 days.