Replicate vs OpenAI API vs Modal vs WaveSpeedAI

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

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Replicate
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Competitor 1
OpenAI API
Competitor 2
Modal
Competitor 3
WaveSpeedAI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Replicate
replicate.com
Run open-source AI without managing servers
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
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Competitor WaveSpeedAI
wavespeed.ai
WaveSpeedAI is a media generation platform that puts more than 1,000 image, video, audio, 3D and language models behind one API key.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
1.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 3.1%
▲ 4.6%
▲ 5.7%
▼ 3.0%
6-month growth
-30.2%
-2.4%
+13.6%
-8.5%
Global rank web
#39,584
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#43,856
#25,205
Avg. last 3 months
1.1M
15.2M
960K
1.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
35%
34%
37%
38%
Pages / visit
5.6
5.4
6.6
5.3
Visit duration
5m 09s
3m 56s
5m 31s
5m 10s
Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
ReplicateOpenAI APIModalWaveSpeedAI
04.7M9.4M14.1M18.7MReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KWaveSpeedAI · 894.5KWaveSpeedAI · 1.4MWaveSpeedAI · 1.7MWaveSpeedAI · 1.8MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9M100K1M10M100MReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KWaveSpeedAI · 894.5KWaveSpeedAI · 1.4MWaveSpeedAI · 1.7MWaveSpeedAI · 1.8MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2.2MWaveSpeedAI · 2MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MWaveSpeedAI · 1.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$250per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Public Models Custom/usage-basedPrivate Models Custom/usage-based
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Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePay-as-you-go $0.00/usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
ImagesText
AudioDocumentsImagesText
Code
VideoTextImages
Output
VideoTextImagesAudio
VideoTextAudioCodeImages
Apps
Video3DAudioImagesText
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeImage GenerationVideo CreationAI API+3 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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4
APIs
Developer tools
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Image generation
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Inference
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Video generation
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API integrations
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LLM development
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Development
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GPU infrastructure
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Image to video
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Large language models
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Models
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Chatbot building
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Performance optimization
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