NVIDIA NIM Microservices
Designed for rapid, reliable deployment of accelerated generative AI inference anywhere.
Overview
What Is NVIDIA NIM?
NVIDIA NIM™ provides prebuilt, optimized inference microservices for rapidly deploying the latest AI models on any NVIDIA-accelerated infrastructure—cloud, data center, workstation, and edge.
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Free Development Access to NIM
Get access to unlimited prototyping with hosted APIs for NIM accelerated by DGX Cloud, or download and self-host NIM microservices for research and development as part of the NVIDIA Developer program.
Accelerate AI Deployment With NVIDIA NIM
NVIDIA NIM combines the ease of use and operational simplicity of managed APIs with the flexibility and security of self-hosting models on your preferred infrastructure. NIM microservices come with everything AI teams need—the latest AI foundation models, optimized inference engines, industry-standard APIs, and runtime dependencies—prepackaged in enterprise-grade software containers ready to deploy and scale anywhere.
Benefits
Enterprise Generative AI That Does More for Less
Easy, production-ready microservices are built for high-performance AI and designed to work seamlessly and scale affordably. Get started building AI agents and other enterprise generative AI applications faster with the latest AI models for reasoning, simulation, speech, and more.
Ease of Use
Accelerate innovation and time to market with prebuilt, optimized microservices for the latest AI models. With standard APIs, models can be deployed in five minutes and easily integrated into applications.
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Enterprise Grade
Deploy enterprise-grade microservices that are continuously managed by NVIDIA through rigorous validation processes and dedicated feature branches—all backed by NVIDIA enterprise support, which also offers direct access to NVIDIA AI experts.
Performance and Scale
Improve TCO with low-latency, high-throughput AI inference that scales with the cloud, and achieve the best accuracy with support for fine-tuned models out of the box.
Watch: NIM Performance and TCO Advantage
Portability
Deploy anywhere with prebuilt, cloud-native microservices ready to run on any NVIDIA-accelerated infrastructure—cloud, data center, and workstation—and scale seamlessly on Kubernetes and cloud service provider environments.
Build AI Agents With NIM
Learn how to set up two AI agents—one for content generation and another for digital graphic design—and see how easy it is to get up and running with NIM microservices.
Technology
Building Blocks for Agentic AI
Get the Latest AI Models
Access the latest AI models for reasoning, language, retrieval, speech, vision and more—ready to deploy in five minutes on any NVIDIA-accelerated infrastructure.
Jump-Start Development With NVIDIA Blueprints
Build impactful agentic AI applications with comprehensive reference workflows featuring NVIDIA acceleration libraries, SDKs, and NIM microservices.
Simplify Development With NVIDIA NeMo Agent toolkit
Weave NIM microservices into agentic AI applications with the NVIDIA NeMo Agent toolkit library, a developer toolkit for building AI agents and integrating them into custom workflows.
Benchmarks
Boost Throughput With NIM
NVIDIA NIM provides optimized throughput and latency out of the box to maximize token generation, support concurrent users at peak times, and improve responsiveness. NIM microservices are continuously updated with the latest optimized inference engines, boosting performance on the same infrastructure over time.
Models
Unlock Enterprise-Ready Inference for Thousands of Open Models
Deploy large language models (LLMs) supported by NVIDIA® TensorRT™-LLM, vLLM, or SGLang for low-latency, high-throughput inferencing on NVIDIA-accelerated infrastructure.
Features
The Easy Button for AI Development and Deployment
Designed to run anywhere, NIM microservices expose industry-standard APIs for easy integration with enterprise systems and applications and scale seamlessly on Kubernetes to deliver high-throughput, low-latency inference at cloud scale.
Use Cases
How NIM Is Being Used
See how NVIDIA NIM supports industry use cases, and jump-start your AI development with curated examples.
- AI Virtual Assistants
- Document Intelligence
- Hyperpersonalized Shopping
- 3D Product Configurators
AI Virtual Assistants
Enhance customer experiences and improve business processes with generative AI.
Intelligent Document Processing
Use generative AI to accelerate and automate document processing.
AI for Hyperpersonalized Shopping
Deliver tailored experiences that enhance customer satisfaction with the power of AI.
3D Product Configurators
Use OpenUSD and generative AI to develop and deploy 3D product configurator tools and experiences to nearly any device.
Starting Options
Ways to Get Started With NVIDIA NIM
Start Prototyping for Free
Get started with easy-to-use API endpoints for NIM, powered by DGX Cloud.
Download and Deploy
Run NVIDIA NIM to scale optimized AI models in the cloud or data center of your choice.
Get in Touch
Talk to an NVIDIA AI specialist about moving generative AI pilots to production with the security, API stability, and support that comes with NVIDIA AI Enterprise.