Lambda vs Defapi vs Phala Cloud vs RunPod

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

Your tool
Lambda
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Competitor 1
DDefapi
Competitor 2
Phala Cloud
Competitor 3
RunPod
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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 DDefapi
defapi.org
You know how managing multiple AI provider integrations usually means maintaining separate codebases for each vendor
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Competitor Phala Cloud
cloud.phala.network
Over 5,000 users run confidential compute workloads here
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Competitor RunPod
runpod.io
Cheap GPUs on demand
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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2.4Kvisits/mo
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2.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 42.6%
▼ 21.5%
▲ 14.2%
6-month growth
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-86.2%
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+19.0%
Global rank web
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#4,650,820
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#19,060
Avg. last 3 months
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4.8K
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2.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
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32%
Pages / visit
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1.4
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7.4
Visit duration
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7s
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8m 19s
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● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
LambdaDefapiPhala CloudRunPod
0701.3K1.4M2.1M2.8MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1KRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8M1K10K100K1M10MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1KRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$50.37per 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
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
Confidential VM $0.06/hourlyGPU TEE $3.80/hourly
Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeData
AudioImagesText
CodeText
CodeData
Output
Apps
AudioImagesText
AppsText
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI API
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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Development
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Docker management
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Model training
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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.