Lambda vs Phala Cloud vs OpenRouter vs Vast.ai

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
Phala Cloud
Competitor 2
OpenRouter
Competitor 3
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.
Competitor Phala Cloud
cloud.phala.network
Over 5,000 users run confidential compute workloads here
Competitor OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
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.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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22Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 21.5%
▲ 14.6%
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6-month growth
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+39.6%
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Global rank web
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#2,023
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Avg. last 3 months
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19.5M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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32%
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Pages / visit
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7.7
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Visit duration
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6m 13s
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
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LambdaPhala CloudOpenRouterVast.ai
05.5M11M16.5M22MPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1KOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22M1K10K100K1M10M100MPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1KOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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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
Confidential VM $0.06/hourlyGPU TEE $3.80/hourly
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
On-Demand GPU CustomInterruptible CustomReserved CustomSandbox $0.32/hour
Capabilities input → output
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DataCode
CodeText
AudioVideoTextImages
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Output
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VideoTextImagesAudio
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Skill level
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Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Model training
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Inference
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Large language models
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Docker management
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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.