Modal vs Lambda vs RunPod vs Baseten

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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Lambda
Competitor 2
RunPod
Competitor 3
Baseten
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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 RunPod
runpod.io
Cheap GPUs on demand
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Competitor Baseten
baseten.co
Models to production fast
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
972.8Kvisits/mo
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2.8Mvisits/mo
355.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 5.7%
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▲ 14.2%
▲ 21.3%
6-month growth
+13.6%
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+19.0%
+73.3%
Global rank web
#43,856
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#19,060
#113,597
Avg. last 3 months
960K
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2.5M
304.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
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32%
39%
Pages / visit
6.6
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7.4
4.1
Visit duration
5m 31s
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8m 19s
1m 53s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 9%
ModalLambdaRunPodBaseten
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 · 2.8MBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4K100K1M10MModal · 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 · 2.8MBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$250per 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
Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
Basic CustomPro CustomEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Code
CodeData
CodeData
AudioText
Output
Apps
Apps
Apps
AudioImagesText
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 · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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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.