Hugging Face (Inference) procurement policy evidence
Only topics backed by verified findings appear below. Each row preserves the platform's exact policy words and capture provenance.
| Topic | Plan or tier | Risk | Their words | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPA, audit rights & data residency | All applicable tiers | low | “ " Premium Support " refers to qualified information or any other materials provided by Hugging Face via email or any other instant messaging or communication service to the Customer to address the Customer’s questions on the use and optimization of the Hugging Face Open-Source Libraries, Hugging Face or Customer Models.” | Captured 2026-06-10Open source →Finding permalink → |
| DPA, audit rights & data residency | All applicable tiers | low | “- **Open-Source Libraries**: including Transformers, Datasets and Tokenizers” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | medium | “Upon cancellation of your Account, we will use commercially **reasonable efforts to delete** your information and Content of your own Repositories, whether public or private, within 90 days. We will **not delete the Content that you contributed** to other Users' Repositories, or copies made by us or other Users.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | medium | “ Upon cancellation of your Account, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete your information and Content of your own Repositories, whether public or private, within 90 days. We will not delete the Content that you contributed to other Users' Repositories, or copies made by us or other Users.” | Captured 2026-06-10Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | unknown | “" **Inference Endpoint Service**" refers to the Hugging Face Hub service through which the Customer can create, edit, manage and delete Managed Endpoints.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | medium | “We also reserve the **right to retain** **your information** for legal or regulatory compliance, pursuant to standard archiving, recovery, and back-up processes and practices, and pursuant to our Privacy Policy.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | medium | “ We also reserve the right to retain your information for legal or regulatory compliance, pursuant to standard archiving, recovery, and back-up processes and practices, and pursuant to our Privacy Policy.” | Captured 2026-06-10Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | medium | “ Subcontracting. We may subcontract all or part of our obligations under these Terms at our own discretion, and without notifying you. Nothing to worry, since we will bear the same degree of responsibility for acts and omissions of the subcontractors acting on our behalf in the performance of their obligations under these Terms as they would bear if such acts and omissions were performed by us directly.” | Captured 2026-06-10Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | medium | “**Subcontracting. We may** subcontract all or part of our obligations under these Terms at our own discretion, and without notifying you. Nothing to worry, since we will bear the **same degree of responsibility** for acts and omissions of the subcontractors acting on our behalf in the performance of their obligations under these Terms as they would bear if such acts and omissions were performed by us directly.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | unknown | “" **Hugging Face**" refers to Hugging Face Inc., which may perform its obligations through its affiliates, directors, subsidiaries, contractors, licensors, officers, agents and/or employees.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | unknown | “" **Content**" refers to any material posted, displayed, or accessed on our Website or Hub, including but not limited to code, data, text, graphics, images, applications, or software you, we, or any third party provide or make available.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | unknown | “💳 Payment is processed on the Website, which includes a **third-party payment** or credit card processor's services. The payment processor's or credit card company's agreement governs your use of the designated account or credit card you provide, and you must refer to that agreement and not these Terms to determine your rights and liabilities relating to such agreement, account and activities. By providing us with your account or credit card number and associated payment information, you agree that we are authorized to immediately invoice your account for all fees due and payable and that no additional notice or consent is required. You agree to immediately notify us of any change in your billing address or the account or credit card use for the payment. All fees are non-refundable and exclusive of any applicable taxes, which the Customer is solely responsible to pay. You will indemnify us for any taxes relating to your purchase or use of the Services, except for taxes relating to our income.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | low | “Our **plans** and fees payable for the use of the Services you decide to purchase are available at [https://huggingface.co/pricing](https://huggingface.co/pricing). You may decide to choose a **custom plan**, in which case the payable fees and payment terms will be subject to further discussions and mutual agreement with us, and will be specified in the applicable Services Agreement, Order Form or any other binding document signed between us.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | low | “For **certain Services**, the Service Fees and payment terms may be specified in the **Supplemental Terms** and/or in any other binding document signed between us, including but not limited to an Order Form, a Scope of Work, or a Master Service Agreement, which are fully incorporated into the Agreement between us.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | low | “- **Enterprise Support**: get Premium Support on the use of our open source and all our services and/or products.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | unknown | “For **certain Services**, the Service Term and causes for termination may be specified in the **Supplemental Terms** and/or in any other binding document signed between us, including but not limited to an Order Form, a Scope of Work, or a Master Service Agreement, which are fully incorporated into the Agreement between us.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | low | “- **Inference Endpoints**: easily deploy machine learning models on dedicated, secure and autoscaling infrastructure” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | low | “- Hugging Face public **Hub**: where you can build, benchmark, share, version and deploy Models, Datasets and Machine Learning Applications accessible by all Users” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | unknown | “We reserve the right to **adjust our pricing** from time to time and at our sole discretion. In such event, prices will remain fixed during the term of your initial subscription, and adjusted fees will be applicable only after the term of your new subscription.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | low | “ Hugging Face private Hub : where you can build, benchmark, share, version and deploy Models, Datasets and Machine Learning Applications, that are only accessible by You or your Organization(s)” | Captured 2026-06-10Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | unknown | “**You** may decide to **cancel your Account** whenever you want, at your sole discretion.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | unknown | “The plan is billed **in advance** on a **monthly** basis, and **usage** based fees, which apply if you go over your allotted usage, will be billed **as they go**.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | low | “- **Hardware Partner Program**: access State of the Art hardware and hardware-specific machine learning optimization techniques for production performance.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | unknown | “All fees are exclusive of any applicable taxes, which You are solely responsible to pay.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | low | “- **AutoTrain premium Service**: create state of the art Models from your own training data, everything being automatically hosted privately on the Model Hub. You can then share them publicly and/or serve them through the Inference Providers Service for example.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | low | “- **Infinity Service**: deploy end-to-end optimized inference pipelines for state of the art Transformers Models.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | low | “ Our plans and fees payable for the use of the Services you decide to purchase are available at https://huggingface.co/pricing . You may decide to choose a custom plan , in which case the payable fees and payment terms will be subject to further discussions and mutual agreement with us, and will be specified in the applicable Services Agreement, Order Form or any other binding document signed between us.” | Captured 2026-06-10Open source →Finding permalink → |
Informational only, not legal advice. Terms can change; verify every cited source and capture date during procurement review.
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