Lambda vs Modal 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
Modal
Competitor 2
RunPod
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Lambda
lambda.ai
Lambda is a GPU cloud built for training and serving AI models.
Competitor Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
Competitor RunPod
runpod.io
Cheap GPUs on demand
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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972.8Kvisits/mo
2.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 5.7%
▲ 14.2%
6-month growth
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+13.6%
+19.0%
Global rank web
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#43,856
#19,060
Avg. last 3 months
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960K
2.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
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37%
32%
Pages / visit
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6.6
7.4
Visit duration
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5m 31s
8m 19s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
LambdaModalRunPod
0701.3K1.4M2.1M2.8MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8M100K1M10MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$250per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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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
Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeData
Code
CodeData
Output
Apps
Apps
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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GPU infrastructure
Developer tools
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Development
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Cloud infrastructure
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Inference
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APIs
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Performance optimization
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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.