RunPod vs Replicate vs Modal vs Hugging Face

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
Replicate
Competitor 2
Modal
Competitor 3
Hugging Face
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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 Replicate
replicate.com
Run open-source AI without managing servers
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Competitor Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
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Competitor Hugging Face
huggingface.co
The GitHub for machine learning
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.8Mvisits/mo
1Mvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
31.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 14.2%
▼ 3.1%
▲ 5.7%
▲ 10.7%
6-month growth
+19.0%
-30.2%
+13.6%
+18.4%
Global rank web
#19,060
#39,584
#43,856
#1,410
Avg. last 3 months
2.5M
1.1M
960K
28.8M
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
35%
37%
42%
Pages / visit
7.4
5.6
6.6
6.3
Visit duration
8m 19s
5m 09s
5m 31s
5m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 18%
RunPodReplicateModalHugging Face
07.8M15.6M23.4M31.2MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KHugging Face · 21.9MHugging Face · 24MHugging Face · 24.9MHugging Face · 23.3MHugging Face · 26.4MHugging Face · 30.3MHugging Face · 27.4MHugging Face · 27.1MHugging Face · 28.2MHugging Face · 31.2M100K1M10M100MRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KHugging Face · 21.9MHugging Face · 24MHugging Face · 24.9MHugging Face · 23.3MHugging Face · 26.4MHugging Face · 30.3MHugging Face · 27.4MHugging Face · 27.1MHugging Face · 28.2MHugging Face · 31.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$250per month · free tier available
$9per month · free tier available
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Plans
Pods (Community Cloud) Custom/hourServerless Custom/hourClusters Custom/hourStorage Custom/mo
Public Models Custom/usage-basedPrivate Models Custom/usage-based
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $9/moTeam $20/moStorage $8/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DataCode
ImagesText
Code
VideoTextImagesAudio
Output
Apps
VideoTextImagesAudio
Apps
3DVideoTextImagesAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsLarge Language Models (LLMs)+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Developer tools
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Cloud infrastructure
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Image generation
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LLM development
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LLM training
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Performance optimization
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Video generation
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