Subcategory · AI Citation Index
LLM Hosting
Hugging Face leads LLM hosting shortlists at 54% share; Together AI edges evaluation at 43 avg score despite 42% fewer comparisons than HF.
195 discovery queries · 272 head-to-heads · refreshed Jul 22, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 195 buyer-style "LLM Hosting" queries
Hugging Face appears in 105 of 195 prompts (54% shortlist rate), 23% ahead of second-place Replicate. Together AI and Replicate follow closely at 43% and 44% shortlist rates. Databricks and Azure OpenAI Service crack the top six despite missing unCited scores, signaling enterprise traction the evaluation data doesn't yet capture.
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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 5/100
Together AI scores 43 in head-to-head comparisons across 34 queries, narrowly ahead of Hugging Face (41, 33 queries) and Replicate (40, 32 queries). Databricks places fourth at 38 despite appearing in 77 prompts. Modal lands last among scored brands at 20, suggesting a narrower use case or weaker AI consensus on fit.
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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 at 54% but scores 60—middle of the pack among featured brands. The gap suggests ubiquity in recommendations but mixed win rates when buyers compare specifics like latency or enterprise SLAs.
Read brand profile →Anyscale
Second-highest unCited score (56) yet appears in only 58 prompts (30% shortlist rate). Strong evaluation performance (28 avg, 22 queries) implies it wins when considered, but remains under-recommended relative to top-three incumbents.
Read brand profile →Together AI
Tops evaluation at 43 across 34 comparison queries and holds 43% shortlist share. Balanced strength in both recommendation volume and head-to-head outcomes positions it as the category's most consistently favored platform.
Read brand profile →Replicate
Secures 44% shortlist share and 40 evaluation score (32 queries), trailing Together AI by three points. The 152 mentions vs Together's 170 suggest slightly less conversational momentum despite near-identical shortlist penetration.
Read brand profile →Modal
Scores 52 on unCited's composite but only 20 in evaluations (16 queries). The 32-point gap flags either a nascent buyer cohort skewing recommendations or a mismatch between what AI cites and what performs under scrutiny.
Read brand profile →Citation sources
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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