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Hugging Face's inference API has free tier limits (~30K requests/month)."},{"question":"Can I fine-tune models with LangChain?","answer":"LangChain is not designed for model fine-tuning; it focuses on building applications. Fine-tuning is Hugging Face's strength via AutoTrain. You would fine-tune on Hugging Face, then deploy and integrate the fine-tuned model with LangChain."},{"question":"Which has better production support?","answer":"Hugging Face has more production-grade infrastructure with the Inference API, model versioning, and usage monitoring. LangChain requires separate deployment infrastructure (Docker, cloud platforms) but is more flexible for custom production setups. 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