Microsoft Azure vs RunPod vs Baseten vs Modal

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

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Microsoft Azure
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RunPod
Competitor 2
Baseten
Competitor 3
Modal
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Microsoft Azure
azure.microsoft.com
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Competitor RunPod
runpod.io
Cheap GPUs on demand
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Competitor Baseten
baseten.co
Models to production fast
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Competitor Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
6.9Mvisits/mo
2.8Mvisits/mo
355.4Kvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 8.9%
▲ 14.2%
▲ 21.3%
▲ 5.7%
6-month growth
+3.8%
+19.0%
+73.3%
+13.6%
Global rank web
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#19,060
#113,597
#43,856
Avg. last 3 months
6.6M
2.5M
304.6K
960K
Bounce rate lower is better
68%
32%
39%
37%
Pages / visit
1.7
7.4
4.1
6.6
Visit duration
1m 29s
8m 19s
1m 53s
5m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 65% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
Microsoft AzureRunPodBasetenModal
01.8M3.6M5.4M7.2MMicrosoft Azure · 6MMicrosoft Azure · 5.9MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 7.2MMicrosoft Azure · 6.2MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 6.3MMicrosoft Azure · 6.9MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8K100K1M10MMicrosoft Azure · 6MMicrosoft Azure · 5.9MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 7.2MMicrosoft Azure · 6.2MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 6.3MMicrosoft Azure · 6.9MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
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Free tier
$250per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
Basic CustomPro CustomEnterprise Custom
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
DataCode
TextAudio
Code
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
Apps
TextImagesAudio
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI 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
Tasks covered
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6
Developer tools
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Development
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Models
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Web service deployment
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Image recognition
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Large language models
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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.