RunPod vs Modal vs Vast.ai vs SiliconFlow

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
Vast.ai
Competitor 3
SiliconFlow
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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 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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Competitor SiliconFlow
siliconflow.com
You're building an AI app and need to run inference without spinning up your own GPU servers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.8Mvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
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427.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 14.2%
▲ 5.7%
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▼ 35.5%
6-month growth
+19.0%
+13.6%
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+5.4%
Global rank web
#19,060
#43,856
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#65,186
Avg. last 3 months
2.5M
960K
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540.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
37%
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40%
Pages / visit
7.4
6.6
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4.7
Visit duration
8m 19s
5m 31s
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1m 43s
Traffic sources
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 85% · ● Referral 14%
RunPodModalVast.aiSiliconFlow
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 · 972.8KSiliconFlow · 311KSiliconFlow · 286.8KSiliconFlow · 302.2KSiliconFlow · 406KSiliconFlow · 468.1KSiliconFlow · 434.2KSiliconFlow · 530.5KSiliconFlow · 662.9KSiliconFlow · 427.8K100K1M10MRunPod · 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 · 972.8KSiliconFlow · 311KSiliconFlow · 286.8KSiliconFlow · 302.2KSiliconFlow · 406KSiliconFlow · 468.1KSiliconFlow · 434.2KSiliconFlow · 530.5KSiliconFlow · 662.9KSiliconFlow · 427.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
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$250per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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API access
Plans
Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
On-Demand GPU CustomInterruptible CustomReserved CustomSandbox $0.32/hour
Serverless Pay-per-use VariableReserved GPUsElastic GPUs
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeData
Code
Code
CodeImagesText
Output
Apps
Apps
Apps
CodeImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIOpen Source AI Models
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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GPU infrastructure
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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.