RunPod vs Lambda vs Microsoft Azure vs Beam

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

Your tool
RunPod
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Lambda
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Microsoft Azure
Competitor 3
Beam
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool RunPod
runpod.io
Cheap GPUs on demand
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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 Microsoft Azure
azure.microsoft.com
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Competitor Beam
beam.cloud
Beam is a cloud runtime for AI workloads that offers serverless GPUs, task queues and sandboxes through a Python, TypeScript and Go SDK.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.8Mvisits/mo
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6.9Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 14.2%
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▲ 8.9%
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6-month growth
+19.0%
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+3.8%
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Global rank web
#19,060
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Avg. last 3 months
2.5M
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6.6M
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Bounce rate lower is better
32%
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68%
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Pages / visit
7.4
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1.7
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Visit duration
8m 19s
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1m 29s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
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● Direct 65% · ● Referral 31%
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RunPodLambdaMicrosoft AzureBeam
01.8M3.6M5.4M7.2MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MMicrosoft Azure · 6MMicrosoft Azure · 5.9MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 7.2MMicrosoft Azure · 6.2MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 6.3MMicrosoft Azure · 6.9M1M10MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MMicrosoft Azure · 6MMicrosoft Azure · 5.9MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 7.2MMicrosoft Azure · 6.2MMicrosoft Azure · 6.6MMicrosoft Azure · 6.3MMicrosoft Azure · 6.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Free tier
$89per month · free tier available
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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
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Developer FreeTeam $89/moGrowth Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataCode
DataCode
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Code
Output
Apps
Apps
TextImagesCodeAudio
Apps
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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Image recognition
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Large language models
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Model training
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Virtual computing
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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.