Together AI vs RunPod vs Lambda vs Phala Cloud

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

Your tool
Together AI
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Competitor 1
RunPod
Competitor 2
Lambda
Competitor 3
Phala Cloud
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Together AI
together.ai
Open-source models without infrastructure
Competitor RunPod
runpod.io
Cheap GPUs on demand
Competitor Lambda
lambda.ai
Lambda is a GPU cloud built for training and serving AI models.
Competitor Phala Cloud
cloud.phala.network
Over 5,000 users run confidential compute workloads here
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
785.1Kvisits/mo
2.8Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 6.4%
▲ 14.2%
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▼ 21.5%
6-month growth
+1.9%
+19.0%
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Global rank web
#60,843
#19,060
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Avg. last 3 months
794.7K
2.5M
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Bounce rate lower is better
42%
32%
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0%
Pages / visit
3.2
7.4
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Visit duration
1m 57s
8m 19s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 21%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 21%
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Together AIRunPodLambdaPhala Cloud
0701.3K1.4M2.1M2.8MTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1KRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1K1K10K100K1M10MTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1KRunPod · 1.8MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 1.9MRunPod · 2.4MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.3MRunPod · 2.2MRunPod · 2.5MRunPod · 2.8MPhala Cloud · 2.7KPhala Cloud · 2.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$1.99per month
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$50.37per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Serverless Inference $0.30/usage-basedDedicated Inference GPU $3.99/usage-basedGPU Clusters $1.99/usage-basedFine-Tuning $0.34/usage-based
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
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesCode
CodeData
DataCode
TextCode
Output
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Apps
Apps
TextApps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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6
GPU infrastructure
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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.