RunPod vs Modal vs Baseten vs Vast.ai

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
Modal
Competitor 2
Baseten
Competitor 3
Vast.ai
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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 Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
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Competitor Baseten
baseten.co
Models to production fast
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Competitor Vast.ai
vast.ai
Vast.ai is a GPU rental marketplace where developers and AI teams rent compute for training, fine-tuning, inference and rendering.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.8Mvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
355.4Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 14.2%
▲ 5.7%
▲ 21.3%
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6-month growth
+19.0%
+13.6%
+73.3%
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Global rank web
#19,060
#43,856
#113,597
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Avg. last 3 months
2.5M
960K
304.6K
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Bounce rate lower is better
32%
37%
39%
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Pages / visit
7.4
6.6
4.1
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Visit duration
8m 19s
5m 31s
1m 53s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 9%
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RunPodModalBasetenVast.ai
0701.3K1.4M2.1M2.8MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4K100K1M10MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KBaseten · 141.4KBaseten · 136.4KBaseten · 197.3KBaseten · 205KBaseten · 246.2KBaseten · 247.6KBaseten · 265.6KBaseten · 292.9KBaseten · 355.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
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$250per month · free tier available
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Plans
Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Basic CustomPro CustomEnterprise Custom
On-Demand GPU CustomInterruptible CustomReserved CustomSandbox $0.32/hour
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeData
Code
AudioText
Code
Output
Apps
Apps
AudioImagesText
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI 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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6
Developer tools
GPU infrastructure
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Model training
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Performance optimization
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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.