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Best NVIDIA cuDNN Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from deep learning software ranked against NVIDIA cuDNN on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    ONNX Runtime Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted Free7.5
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs ONNX Runtime
  2. 2
    TensorFlow Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free7.4
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs TensorFlow
  3. 3
    Apache TVM Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac Free7.3
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs Apache TVM
  4. 4
    Paperspace Gradient Free plan apiLinuxMacWebWin $8/mo7.3
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs Paperspace Gradient
  5. 5
    MATLAB Grader Free plan LinuxMacWebWin Free7.2
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs MATLAB Grader
  6. 6
    MegEngine Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacself-hosted Free7.2
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs MegEngine
  7. 7
    tinygrad Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free7.1
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs tinygrad
  8. 8
    Trackio Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.1
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs Trackio
  9. 9
    Apache SINGA Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.0
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs Apache SINGA
  10. 10
    OpenVINO Free plan LinuxMacWebWin Free7.0
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs OpenVINO
  11. 11
    Lightning AI Studios Free plan apiWeb 6.9
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs Lightning AI Studios
  12. 12
    NVIDIA TensorRT Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free6.9
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs NVIDIA TensorRT
  13. 13
    Ray Train Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.9
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs Ray Train
  14. 14
    DeepSpeed Free plan LinuxMacself-hosted Free6.8
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs DeepSpeed
  15. 15
    NVIDIA Triton Inference Server Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWin $375/mo6.8
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs NVIDIA Triton Inference Server
  16. 16
    PyTorch AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac 6.8
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs PyTorch
  17. 17
    Amazon SageMaker Autopilot Free trial apiWeb 6.7
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs Amazon SageMaker Autopilot
  18. 18
    Keras LinuxMacWin 6.5
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs Keras
  19. 19
    PaddlePaddle apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.5
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs PaddlePaddle
  20. 20
    HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Free trial Linuxself-hostedWeb $50/mo6.3
    NVIDIA cuDNN vs HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software

NVIDIA cuDNN alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1ONNX Runtime7.5Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2TensorFlow7.4Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Apache TVM7.3Free planFreeAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Paperspace Gradient7.3Free plan$8/moAPI, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
5MATLAB Grader7.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
6MegEngine7.2Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
7tinygrad7.1Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Trackio7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9Apache SINGA7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
10OpenVINO7.0Free planFreeLinux, Mac, Web, Windows
11Lightning AI Studios6.9Free plan—API, Web
12NVIDIA TensorRT6.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
13Ray Train6.9Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14DeepSpeed6.8Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted
15NVIDIA Triton Inference Server6.8Free plan$375/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
16PyTorch6.8No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
17Amazon SageMaker Autopilot6.7No—API, Web
18Keras6.5No—Linux, Mac, Windows
19PaddlePaddle6.5No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
20HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software6.3No$50/moLinux, self-hosted, Web
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Questions about NVIDIA cuDNN alternatives

What is the best alternative to NVIDIA cuDNN?

ONNX Runtime, number 1 in deep learning software with a score of 7.5 out of 10. The others here: TensorFlow, Apache TVM, Paperspace Gradient and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to NVIDIA cuDNN?

ONNX Runtime is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 15 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes: documentation depth, a free tier and the platforms it runs on.