Beam vs Modal vs OpenAI API

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

Your tool
Beam
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Competitor 1
Modal
Competitor 2
OpenAI API
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Beam
beam.cloud
Beam is a cloud runtime for AI workloads that offers serverless GPUs, task queues and sandboxes through a Python, TypeScript and Go SDK.
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Competitor Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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972.8Kvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 5.7%
▲ 4.6%
6-month growth
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+13.6%
-2.4%
Global rank web
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#43,856
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Avg. last 3 months
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960K
15.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
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37%
34%
Pages / visit
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6.6
5.4
Visit duration
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5m 31s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
BeamModalOpenAI API
04.7M9.4M14.1M18.7MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KOpenAI 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 · 15.2M100K1M10M100MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KOpenAI 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 · 15.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$89per month · free tier available
$250per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Developer FreeTeam $89/moGrowth Custom
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Code
Code
AudioDocumentsImagesText
Output
Apps
Apps
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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6
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GPU infrastructure
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Cloud infrastructure
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Performance optimization
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