Thinking Machines Tinker vs Fireworks AI vs Modal vs Replicate

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

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Thinking Machines Tinker
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Fireworks AI
Competitor 2
Modal
Competitor 3
Replicate
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Thinking Machines Tinker
thinkingmachines.ai
A training API that hands control of model fine-tuning to researchers while someone else deals with the servers and scaling headaches
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Competitor Fireworks AI
fireworks.ai
Production AI infrastructure
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Competitor Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
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Competitor Replicate
replicate.com
Run open-source AI without managing servers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.1Mvisits/mo
713.6Kvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 181.3%
▼ 21.1%
▲ 5.7%
▼ 3.1%
6-month growth
+372.8%
+62.9%
+13.6%
-30.2%
Global rank web
#55,584
#55,462
#43,856
#39,584
Avg. last 3 months
672K
743.7K
960K
1.1M
Bounce rate lower is better
51%
43%
37%
35%
Pages / visit
2.6
3.6
6.6
5.6
Visit duration
1m 57s
2m 40s
5m 31s
5m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%
Thinking Machines TinkerFireworks AIModalReplicate
0415.2K830.4K1.2M1.7MThinking Machines Tinker · 421.8KThinking Machines Tinker · 345.6KThinking Machines Tinker · 223.7KThinking Machines Tinker · 298.7KThinking Machines Tinker · 303.2KThinking Machines Tinker · 582.5KThinking Machines Tinker · 375.9KThinking Machines Tinker · 1.1MFireworks AI · 224.6KFireworks AI · 250KFireworks AI · 355.9KFireworks AI · 323.2KFireworks AI · 438.1KFireworks AI · 720.8KFireworks AI · 610.7KFireworks AI · 613.3KFireworks AI · 904KFireworks AI · 713.6KModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1M100K1M10MThinking Machines Tinker · 421.8KThinking Machines Tinker · 345.6KThinking Machines Tinker · 223.7KThinking Machines Tinker · 298.7KThinking Machines Tinker · 303.2KThinking Machines Tinker · 582.5KThinking Machines Tinker · 375.9KThinking Machines Tinker · 1.1MFireworks AI · 224.6KFireworks AI · 250KFireworks AI · 355.9KFireworks AI · 323.2KFireworks AI · 438.1KFireworks AI · 720.8KFireworks AI · 610.7KFireworks AI · 613.3KFireworks AI · 904KFireworks AI · 713.6KModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KReplicate · 1.6MReplicate · 1.7MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.5MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.3MReplicate · 1.2MReplicate · 1.1MReplicate · 1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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Free tier
$250per month · free tier available
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API access
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Plans
Inkling-Small Prefill $0.58/usage-basedInkling-Small Sample $0.12/usage-basedVarious Model Training Custom/usage-based
Starter $1/moServerless Inference CustomOn-Demand Deployments $0.13/mo
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Public Models Custom/usage-basedPrivate Models Custom/usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeData
CodeImagesText
Code
ImagesText
Output
Text
CodeText
Apps
AudioImagesTextVideo
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 ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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APIs
Developer tools
Inference
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LLM development
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Development
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Fine-Tuning
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Models
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GPU infrastructure
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API integrations
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Image generation
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Performance optimization
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Video generation
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