RunPod vs Lambda vs Anyscale vs Phala Cloud

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

Your tool
RunPod
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Competitor 1
Lambda
Competitor 2
Anyscale
Competitor 3
Phala Cloud
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool RunPod
runpod.io
Cheap GPUs on demand
Competitor Lambda
lambda.ai
Lambda is a GPU cloud built for training and serving AI models.
Competitor Anyscale
anyscale.com
Scale AI effortlessly
Competitor Phala Cloud
cloud.phala.network
Over 5,000 users run confidential compute workloads here
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.8Mvisits/mo
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79.1Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 14.2%
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▼ 25.4%
▼ 21.5%
6-month growth
+19.0%
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-21.0%
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Global rank web
#19,060
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#330,039
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Avg. last 3 months
2.5M
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90.4K
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Bounce rate lower is better
32%
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42%
0%
Pages / visit
7.4
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3.3
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Visit duration
8m 19s
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1m 53s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 15%
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RunPodLambdaAnyscalePhala Cloud
0701.3K1.4M2.1M2.8MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MAnyscale · 98.7KAnyscale · 93.3KAnyscale · 86.3KAnyscale · 89.2KAnyscale · 100.1KAnyscale · 67.9KAnyscale · 72KAnyscale · 86KAnyscale · 106.1KAnyscale · 79.1KPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1K1K10K100K1M10MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MAnyscale · 98.7KAnyscale · 93.3KAnyscale · 86.3KAnyscale · 89.2KAnyscale · 100.1KAnyscale · 67.9KAnyscale · 72KAnyscale · 86KAnyscale · 106.1KAnyscale · 79.1KPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
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$50.37per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
On-demand instances (8x GPU) CustomOn-demand instances (1x GPU) Custom1-Click Clusters CustomReserved / Superclusters Custom
Free Trial FreePay-as-you-go Custom/moCommitted Custom/mo
Confidential VM $0.06/hourlyGPU TEE $3.80/hourly
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeData
CodeData
CodeData
CodeText
Output
Apps
Apps
Data
AppsText
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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GPU infrastructure
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Development
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Model training
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Docker management
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LLM development
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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.