Lambda vs Circle vs RunPod vs Modal

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

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Lambda
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RunPod
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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 Circle
circle.so
Circle is a community platform where creators and businesses host discussions, courses, live events and paid memberships under their own brand.
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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
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2.8Mvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 14.2%
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6-month growth
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+19.0%
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Global rank web
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#19,060
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Avg. last 3 months
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2.5M
960K
Bounce rate lower is better
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32%
37%
Pages / visit
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Visit duration
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8m 19s
5m 31s
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● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
LambdaCircleRunPodModal
0701.3K1.4M2.1M2.8MRunPod · 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 · 972.8K100K1M10MRunPod · 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
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Starting price
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$89per month
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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
Professional $89/moBusiness $199/moScale $419/moCircle Plus Custom
Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeData
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Code
Output
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Skill level
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Business & MarketingDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningAI Course+2 more
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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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.