Beam vs OpenAI API vs Cerebrium vs Modal

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

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Beam
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OpenAI API
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Cerebrium
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Modal
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4 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 OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor Cerebrium
cerebrium.ai
Cerebrium is a serverless GPU platform for running AI workloads in production.
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Competitor Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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15.2Mvisits/mo
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972.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 4.6%
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▲ 5.7%
6-month growth
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-2.4%
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+13.6%
Global rank web
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#43,856
Avg. last 3 months
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15.2M
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960K
Bounce rate lower is better
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34%
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37%
Pages / visit
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5.4
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6.6
Visit duration
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3m 56s
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5m 31s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
BeamOpenAI APICerebriumModal
04.7M9.4M14.1M18.7MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8K100K1M10M100MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Paid
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Starting price
$89per month · free tier available
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$100per month · free tier available
$250per month · free tier available
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Plans
Developer FreeTeam $89/moGrowth Custom
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Hobby FreeStandard $100/moEnterprise Custom
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Code
AudioDocumentsImagesText
Code
Code
Output
Apps
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Apps
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Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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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 · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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APIs
Developer tools
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Large language models
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Virtual computing
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