Subcategory · AI Citation Index
LLM Hosting
Hugging Face leads LLM hosting at 54% shortlist rate; Together AI tops evaluations; single-month data precludes trend analysis.
195 discovery queries · 272 head-to-heads · refreshed Jun 9, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 195 buyer-style "LLM Hosting" queries
Hugging Face appears in 105 of 195 prompts (54% shortlist rate, 220 mentions), holding a 10-point lead over Replicate (44%, 152 mentions) and Together AI (43%, 170 mentions). Databricks and Azure OpenAI Service crack the top six despite missing unCited scores. All top performers achieve 4-model diversity, signaling broad LLM catalog reach.
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Signal by intent
By topic
Top 5 most-cited brands per intent cluster. Brands with zero citations in a topic are not shown.
Evaluation stage
Head-to-head
How often AI cites each brand across uniform category evaluation prompts · median 11/100
Together AI scores highest in head-to-head comparisons (43 avg across 34 queries), narrowly ahead of Hugging Face (41, 33 queries) and Replicate (40, 32 queries). Databricks places fourth at 38, while Modal trails at 20 despite strong shortlist metrics. The 11-point median suggests most brands cluster in the 28–43 range.
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Each brand's score is the share of category evaluation prompts where AI cited them across all four engines — the same prompt pool for every brand. Brands above the median citation rate have stronger presence in evaluation-stage queries.
Brands to know
In this category
Hugging Face
Dominates shortlists with 54% appearance rate and 220 total mentions, though Together AI edges it by two points in evaluation scoring. The open-model repository angle drives broad AI visibility.
Read brand profile →Together AI
Wins the evaluation benchmark (43 avg, 34 comparisons) despite a 43% shortlist rate. High mention count (170) and top evaluation performance suggest strong technical credibility among buyers comparing inference platforms.
Read brand profile →Replicate
Second in shortlists (44%, 152 mentions) and third in evaluations (40, 32 queries). Consistent mid-40s presence across both metrics positions it as the reliable alternative to Hugging Face.
Read brand profile →Anyscale
Scores 56 in unCited methodology but only 28 in direct evaluations (22 queries). The 28-point gap hints at strong feature set undermined by real-world comparison performance or narrower Ray ecosystem appeal.
Read brand profile →Modal
Posts a 52 unCited score yet lands last in evaluations (20, 16 queries). The 26% shortlist rate and 61 mentions suggest emerging awareness without the battle-tested proof points buyers demand in bake-offs.
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Where AI pulls citations from
804 citations captured across LLM Hosting prompt runs.
Vendor pages
190Product, help, and marketing pages from tracked vendors
Independent sources
303Reviews, encyclopedias, forums, press — not vendor-owned
Buyer questions
What AI cites for top LLM Hosting questions
Most-cited prompts across the buyer journey. Click any prompt to see the actual URLs AI engines link to.
Discovery
Buyers exploring the category- LLMOps Course | Deploy & Scale Production LLMsschoolofcoreai.com
- The Roadmap for Mastering Language Models in 2025 - MachineLearningMastery.commachinelearningmastery.com
Evaluation
Buyers comparing options- Self Hosting LLMs in June 2025 - Matt Ferranteheyferrante.com
- Best enterprise LLMs for accuracy and business use in 2025techresearchonline.com
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