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Replicate API key setup

Cloud for running open-source models. Easy API for hosted open-source language and image models.

Get your key

  1. Open the Replicate site: replicate.com
  2. Create an account and generate an API key.
  3. Paste it into the Dracon BYOK provider keys, stored encrypted (AES-256-GCM), used browser-direct, works in every Dracon tool.

Use your key in every tab

Two free extensions take the key you just set up. Both read the page you are on and use your own provider key: free, no account, nothing stored on a server we run.

SamAI

Summarize or ask about any page with your own provider key.

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AI Auto Form Filler

Complete a web form from a short description, using a model you bring yourself.

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All extensions · last checked 2026-10-22.

Free tier

No recurring free tier advertised as of the last check (2026-10-27). Usage is billed per the provider's listed pricing. You pay them directly, no Dracon markup.

Rate limits: 6 req/min free, 3K RPM with payment

Paid plans compared

Every tier Replicate publishes, with the price and the limit as the vendor states them, last checked 2026-10-27. Confirm with the provider before you buy. You pay them directly, no Dracon markup.

Replicate subscription plans: price, usage limit and what each tier includes.
PlanPriceUsage limitWhat you get
Freeno monthly fee6 req/min; Free and PAYG $0 entry rows; model pricing page live (checked 2026-10-27).
  • All models
  • Standard rate limits
Pay-as-you-gono monthly feePer-second pricing; Free and PAYG $0 entry rows; model pricing page live (checked 2026-10-27).
  • All models
  • Higher concurrency

Official plan source: replicate.com/pricing

Connection details

Env var
REPLICATE_API_TOKEN
Model lineup
Llama 3.1 405B, Qwen 2.5 72B Coder, Mistral Large, FLUX.1 Pro, DeepSeek R1

Gotchas

Browser-direct chat is not available for this provider: This provider exposes an image-generation API, not a chat endpoint.. Dracon provider keys still cover it for tools that run elsewhere (for example a LiteLLM chain from the Dracon Router builder).

Our verdicts on this kind of provider

Independent comparisons we keep current as pricing and free tiers shift. A guide is setup; a verdict is whether it's worth setting up.

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