RunPod vs Lambda vs Phala Cloud vs Baseten

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
Phala Cloud
Competitor 3
Baseten
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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 Phala Cloud
cloud.phala.network
Over 5,000 users run confidential compute workloads here
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Competitor Baseten
baseten.co
Models to production fast
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.8Mvisits/mo
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355.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 14.2%
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▼ 21.5%
▲ 21.3%
6-month growth
+19.0%
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+73.3%
Global rank web
#19,060
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#113,597
Avg. last 3 months
2.5M
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304.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
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0%
39%
Pages / visit
7.4
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4.1
Visit duration
8m 19s
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1m 53s
Traffic sources
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 9%
RunPodLambdaPhala CloudBaseten
0701.3K1.4M2.1M2.8MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1KBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4K1K10K100K1M10MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1KBaseten · 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
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$50.37per month · free tier available
Free tier
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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
Confidential VM $0.06/hourlyGPU TEE $3.80/hourly
Basic CustomPro CustomEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeData
CodeData
CodeText
AudioText
Output
Apps
Apps
AppsText
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 · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
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6
Developer tools
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