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NVIDIA NIM

Model API

by NVIDIA

Prebuilt inference microservices that package foundation models with optimised serving engines and standard APIs, deployable as hosted endpoints or self-hosted containers.

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Free prototyping via hosted endpoints on build.nvidia.com; self-hosted production deployment requires an NVIDIA AI Enterprise licence, which is quote-based.

What it does

• Model inference
• Model hosting

Sources

Pricing

Official documentation · 2 Sep 2026

Free hosted tier stated on page; production licensing routes through AI Enterprise.

Description

Official documentation · 2 Sep 2026

Sold within

Official documentation · 6 Sep 2026

NVIDIA's own AI Enterprise page, read in a browser 2026-09-06 (it renders client-side and carries no price at all): NIM is what the platform ships — 'Accelerate development with ready-to-deploy NVIDIA NIM™ microservices and NVIDIA Blueprints.' The page states no price for either, which is why only the packaging relationship is recorded here and standalone is not claimed for anything else in NVIDIA's catalogue.

Interfaces

Official documentation · 29 Sep 2026

Page states: 'Get access to unlimited prototyping with hosted APIs for NIM accelerated by DGX Cloud.' (The page also offers self-hosted microservices, which is a deployment mode, not a reader/program access route in this vocabulary.)

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