Groq vs Fireworks AI vs OpenRouter vs SambaNova Cloud

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

Your tool
Groq
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Competitor 1
Fireworks AI
Competitor 2
OpenRouter
Competitor 3
SambaNova Cloud
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Groq
groq.com
AI inference at unprecedented speed
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Competitor Fireworks AI
fireworks.ai
Production AI infrastructure
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Competitor OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
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Competitor SambaNova Cloud
cloud.sambanova.ai
SambaNova Cloud is an inference service where developers call open-source models through an API that follows the OpenAI chat completions format.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.2Mvisits/mo
713.6Kvisits/mo
22Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 12.2%
▼ 21.1%
▲ 14.6%
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6-month growth
+19.4%
+62.9%
+39.6%
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Global rank web
#9,344
#55,462
#2,023
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Avg. last 3 months
4.1M
743.7K
19.5M
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Bounce rate lower is better
32%
43%
32%
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Pages / visit
6.1
3.6
7.7
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Visit duration
3m 48s
2m 40s
6m 13s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 20%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
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GroqFireworks AIOpenRouterSambaNova Cloud
05.5M11M16.5M22MGroq · 1.4MGroq · 1.9MGroq · 2.1MGroq · 2.5MGroq · 3.5MGroq · 3.7MGroq · 3.6MGroq · 3.4MGroq · 4.8MGroq · 4.2MFireworks AI · 224.6KFireworks AI · 250KFireworks AI · 355.9KFireworks AI · 323.2KFireworks AI · 438.1KFireworks AI · 720.8KFireworks AI · 610.7KFireworks AI · 613.3KFireworks AI · 904KFireworks AI · 713.6KOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22M100K1M10M100MGroq · 1.4MGroq · 1.9MGroq · 2.1MGroq · 2.5MGroq · 3.5MGroq · 3.7MGroq · 3.6MGroq · 3.4MGroq · 4.8MGroq · 4.2MFireworks AI · 224.6KFireworks AI · 250KFireworks AI · 355.9KFireworks AI · 323.2KFireworks AI · 438.1KFireworks AI · 720.8KFireworks AI · 610.7KFireworks AI · 613.3KFireworks AI · 904KFireworks AI · 713.6KOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Plans
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Starter $1/moServerless Inference CustomOn-Demand Deployments $0.13/mo
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Free Custom/moDeveloper Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextAudio
TextImagesCode
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextImages
Output
AudioText
TextCode
VideoTextImagesAudio
Text
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI API
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI API
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
7
5
1
APIs
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Inference
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.