Lambda vs RunPod vs Vast.ai vs Beam

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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Beam
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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 RunPod
runpod.io
Cheap GPUs on demand
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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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Competitor Beam
beam.cloud
Beam is a cloud runtime for AI workloads that offers serverless GPUs, task queues and sandboxes through a Python, TypeScript and Go SDK.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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2.8Mvisits/mo
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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
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Bounce rate lower is better
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32%
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Pages / visit
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7.4
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Visit duration
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8m 19s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
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LambdaRunPodVast.aiBeam
0701.3K1.4M2.1M2.8MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8M1M10MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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$89per 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
Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
On-Demand GPU CustomInterruptible CustomReserved CustomSandbox $0.32/hour
Developer FreeTeam $89/moGrowth Custom
Capabilities input → output
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CodeData
CodeData
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Code
Output
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Skill level
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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 · 1 shared · core   partial
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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.