Modal vs Lambda vs Baseten vs Phala Cloud

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

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Modal
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Competitor 1
Lambda
Competitor 2
Baseten
Competitor 3
Phala Cloud
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
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Competitor Lambda
lambda.ai
Lambda is a GPU cloud built for training and serving AI models.
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Competitor Baseten
baseten.co
Models to production fast
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Competitor Phala Cloud
cloud.phala.network
Over 5,000 users run confidential compute workloads here
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
972.8Kvisits/mo
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355.4Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 5.7%
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▲ 21.3%
▼ 21.5%
6-month growth
+13.6%
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+73.3%
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Global rank web
#43,856
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#113,597
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Avg. last 3 months
960K
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304.6K
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Bounce rate lower is better
37%
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39%
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Pages / visit
6.6
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4.1
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Visit duration
5m 31s
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1m 53s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 9%
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ModalLambdaBasetenPhala Cloud
0291.9K583.7K875.6K1.2MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1K1K10K100K1M10MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$250per month · free tier available
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Free tier
$50.37per month · free tier available
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Plans
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
On-demand instances (8x GPU) CustomOn-demand instances (1x GPU) Custom1-Click Clusters CustomReserved / Superclusters Custom
Basic CustomPro CustomEnterprise Custom
Confidential VM $0.06/hourlyGPU TEE $3.80/hourly
Capabilities input → output
Input
Code
CodeData
AudioText
CodeText
Output
Apps
Apps
AudioImagesText
AppsText
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI 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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Developer tools
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