Replicate Terms of Service

Replicate's Terms of Service govern your use of their cloud platform for running AI models, including image generation, text, and other machine learning tools. The most important thing to know is that by agreeing, you waive your right to sue Replicate in court or join a class action — all disputes must go through individual arbitration, and Replicate can change its fees or remove features at any time without liability to you. If you want to opt out of mandatory arbitration, you must send written notice to Replicate within 30 days of first agreeing to these Terms.

This document is Replicate LLC's Terms of Service (last updated April 1, 2026), governing access to and use of Replicate's cloud-based AI model hosting and inference platform on a SaaS basis, constituting a legally binding contract between Replicate LLC and the Customer. The most significant obligations include mandatory compliance with Replicate's Acceptable Use Policy, Community Guidelines, and Additional Terms; Customer's full financial and legal responsibility for all Authorized User conduct; payment of usage-based Fees and auto-renewing Subscriptions; and broad indemnification of Replicate against third-party claims. Notable provisions deviating from industry standard include: (a) mandatory individual arbitration with class action waiver administered under AAA rules; (b) Replicate's right to unilaterally modify fees, discontinue features, or suspend services without liability; (c) a broad license grant from Customer to Replicate to use Customer-submitted Content and Outputs without compensation; and (d) aggregated 'Resultant Data' carved out from Customer Data protections, enabling Replicate to collect and use anonymized usage data without restriction. The document engages GDPR (via Privacy Policy incorporation), CCPA (California residents), COPPA (implied by age restrictions on under-18 users), and FTC Act Section 5 (unfair/deceptive practices) through its data collection and arbitration clauses; the mandatory arbitration and class action waiver provisions require particular scrutiny under state consumer protection statutes and California Civil Code §1750 et seq. Material compliance considerations include the document's express exclusion of liability for AI-generated outputs and its placement of full regulatory compliance responsibility on the Customer for downstream use of models.