Lambda vs Modal vs Phala Cloud vs Vast.ai

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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Modal
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Phala Cloud
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Vast.ai
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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 Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
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Competitor Phala Cloud
cloud.phala.network
Over 5,000 users run confidential compute workloads here
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Competitor Vast.ai
vast.ai
Vast.ai is a GPU rental marketplace where developers and AI teams rent compute for training, fine-tuning, inference and rendering.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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972.8Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 5.7%
▼ 21.5%
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6-month growth
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+13.6%
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Global rank web
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#43,856
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Avg. last 3 months
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960K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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37%
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Pages / visit
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6.6
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Visit duration
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5m 31s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
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LambdaModalPhala CloudVast.ai
0291.9K583.7K875.6K1.2MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1K1K10K100K1M10MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
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Paid
Starting price
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$250per month · free tier available
$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
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Confidential VM $0.06/hourlyGPU TEE $3.80/hourly
On-Demand GPU CustomInterruptible CustomReserved CustomSandbox $0.32/hour
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeData
Code
CodeText
Code
Output
Apps
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AppsText
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Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
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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GPU infrastructure
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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.