Lambda vs Beam vs StartKit 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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Modal
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Lambda
lambda.ai
Lambda is a GPU cloud built for training and serving AI models.
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Competitor 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 StartKit
startkit.ai
StartKit hands you the entire backend so you can ship your product faster
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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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1.3Kvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 79.8%
▲ 5.7%
6-month growth
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-36.9%
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Global rank web
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#43,856
Avg. last 3 months
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756
960K
Bounce rate lower is better
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38%
37%
Pages / visit
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1.0
6.6
Visit duration
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5m 31s
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
LambdaBeamStartKitModal
0291.9K583.7K875.6K1.2MStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 1.4KStartKit · 2.2KStartKit · 2KStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 181StartKit · 300StartKit · 704StartKit · 1.3KModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8K1001K10K100K1M10MStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 1.4KStartKit · 2.2KStartKit · 2KStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 181StartKit · 300StartKit · 704StartKit · 1.3KModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Freemium
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$89per month · free tier available
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$250per month · free tier available
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Plans
On-demand instances (8x GPU) CustomOn-demand instances (1x GPU) Custom1-Click Clusters CustomReserved / Superclusters Custom
Developer FreeTeam $89/moGrowth Custom
Starter $149Growth $249Concierge $0
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
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CodeData
Code
Text
Code
Output
Apps
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Code
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Skill level
Advanced
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Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Developer tools
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Model training
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Virtual computing
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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.