Baseten vs OpenAI API vs RunPod vs Modal

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Baseten
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OpenAI API
Competitor 2
RunPod
Competitor 3
Modal
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Baseten
baseten.co
Models to production fast
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor RunPod
runpod.io
Cheap GPUs on demand
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Competitor Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
355.4Kvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
2.8Mvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 21.3%
▲ 4.6%
▲ 14.2%
▲ 5.7%
6-month growth
+73.3%
-2.4%
+19.0%
+13.6%
Global rank web
#113,597
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#19,060
#43,856
Avg. last 3 months
304.6K
15.2M
2.5M
960K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
34%
32%
37%
Pages / visit
4.1
5.4
7.4
6.6
Visit duration
1m 53s
3m 56s
8m 19s
5m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
BasetenOpenAI APIRunPodModal
04.7M9.4M14.1M18.7MBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8K100K1M10M100MBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
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$250per month · free tier available
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Plans
Basic CustomPro CustomEnterprise Custom
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Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextAudio
DocumentsImagesTextAudio
DataCode
Code
Output
TextImagesAudio
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Apps
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
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6
Developer tools
APIs
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Development
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GPU infrastructure
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Inference
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Cloud infrastructure
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LLM development
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Large language models
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Web service deployment
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Performance optimization
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