diff --git a/morpheus/io/utils.py b/morpheus/io/utils.py
index 6aeabab3e8..ba6abcbfc5 100644
--- a/morpheus/io/utils.py
+++ b/morpheus/io/utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """IO utilities."""
 
+import functools
 import logging
+import types
 import typing
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     import cudf
 
+from morpheus.config import Config
+from morpheus.config import ExecutionMode
 from morpheus.utils.type_aliases import DataFrameType
 from morpheus.utils.type_aliases import SeriesType
 
@@ -133,3 +137,35 @@ def truncate_string_cols_by_bytes(df: DataFrameType,
                 df[col] = decoded_series
 
     return performed_truncation
+
+
+def get_df_pkg(config: Config) -> types.ModuleType:
+    """
+    Return the appropriate DataFrame package based on the execution mode.
+    """
+    if config.execution_mode is ExecutionMode.GPU:
+        import cudf
+        return cudf
+    else:
+        return pd
+
+
+def get_df_class(config: Config) -> type[DataFrameType]:
+    """
+    Return the appropriate DataFrame class based on the execution mode.
+    """
+    df_pkg = get_df_pkg(config)
+    return df_pkg.DataFrame
+
+
+def get_json_reader(config: Config) -> typing.Callable[..., DataFrameType]:
+    """
+    Return the appropriate JSON reader based on the execution mode.
+    """
+    if config.execution_mode is ExecutionMode.GPU:
+        import cudf
+        reader = functools.partial(cudf.read_json, engine='cudf')
+    else:
+        reader = pd.read_json
+
+    return reader
diff --git a/morpheus/stages/input/file_source_stage.py b/morpheus/stages/input/file_source_stage.py
index 548eceb385..260b3c530b 100644
--- a/morpheus/stages/input/file_source_stage.py
+++ b/morpheus/stages/input/file_source_stage.py
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._repeat_count = repeat
 
         if c.execution_mode is ExecutionMode.GPU:
+            print("GPU MODE Using cudf")
             self._df_type = "cudf"
         else:
+            print("CPU MODE Using pandas")
             self._df_type = "pandas"
 
     @property
diff --git a/morpheus/stages/input/http_client_source_stage.py b/morpheus/stages/input/http_client_source_stage.py
index cc7191ba43..bb6595120b 100644
--- a/morpheus/stages/input/http_client_source_stage.py
+++ b/morpheus/stages/input/http_client_source_stage.py
@@ -144,15 +144,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._lines = lines
         self._requst_kwargs = request_kwargs
 
-        if payload_to_df_fn is None:
-            if config.execution_mode == ExecutionMode.GPU:
-                import cudf
-                self._payload_to_df_fn = cudf.read_json
-            else:
-                import pandas
-                self._payload_to_df_fn = pandas.read_json
-        else:
-            self._payload_to_df_fn = payload_to_df_fn
+        self._payload_to_df_fn = payload_to_df_fn or self._get_default_payload_to_df_fn(config)
 
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:
@@ -163,9 +155,6 @@ def supports_cpp_node(self) -> bool:
         """Indicates whether or not this stage supports a C++ implementation"""
         return False
 
-    def compute_schema(self, schema: StageSchema):
-        schema.output_schema.set_type(MessageMeta)
-
     def _parse_response(self, response: requests.Response) -> typing.Union[DataFrameType, None]:
         """
         Returns a DataFrame parsed from the response payload. If the response payload is empty, then `None` is returned.
diff --git a/morpheus/stages/input/http_server_source_stage.py b/morpheus/stages/input/http_server_source_stage.py
index ed8d99612f..b0dcc3b620 100644
--- a/morpheus/stages/input/http_server_source_stage.py
+++ b/morpheus/stages/input/http_server_source_stage.py
@@ -22,18 +22,16 @@
 
 import mrc
 
-import cudf
-
 from morpheus.cli.register_stage import register_stage
 from morpheus.config import Config
+from morpheus.config import ExecutionMode
 from morpheus.messages import MessageMeta
-from morpheus.pipeline.preallocator_mixin import PreallocatorMixin
-from morpheus.pipeline.single_output_source import SingleOutputSource
-from morpheus.pipeline.stage_schema import StageSchema
+from morpheus.stages.input.http_source_stage_base import HttpSourceStageBase
 from morpheus.utils.http_utils import HTTPMethod
 from morpheus.utils.http_utils import HttpParseResponse
 from morpheus.utils.http_utils import MimeTypes
 from morpheus.utils.producer_consumer_queue import Closed
+from morpheus.utils.type_aliases import DataFrameType
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -41,8 +39,8 @@
 HEALTH_SUPPORTED_METHODS = (HTTPMethod.GET, HTTPMethod.POST)
 
 
-@register_stage("from-http")
-class HttpServerSourceStage(PreallocatorMixin, SingleOutputSource):
+@register_stage("from-http", execution_modes=(ExecutionMode.CPU, ExecutionMode.GPU))
+class HttpServerSourceStage(HttpSourceStageBase):
     """
     Source stage that starts an HTTP server and listens for incoming requests on a specified endpoint.
 
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ class HttpServerSourceStage(PreallocatorMixin, SingleOutputSource):
         Stops ingesting after emitting `stop_after` records (rows in the dataframe). Useful for testing. Disabled if `0`
     payload_to_df_fn : callable, default None
         A callable that takes the HTTP payload string as the first argument and the `lines` parameter is passed in as
-        the second argument and returns a cudf.DataFrame. When supplied, the C++ implementation of this stage is
+        the second argument and returns a DataFrame. When supplied, the C++ implementation of this stage is
         disabled, and the Python impl is used.
     """
 
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                  request_timeout_secs: int = 30,
                  lines: bool = False,
                  stop_after: int = 0,
-                 payload_to_df_fn: typing.Callable[[str, bool], cudf.DataFrame] = None):
+                 payload_to_df_fn: typing.Callable[[str, bool], DataFrameType] = None):
         super().__init__(config)
         self._bind_address = bind_address
         self._port = port
@@ -122,9 +120,11 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._request_timeout_secs = request_timeout_secs
         self._lines = lines
         self._stop_after = stop_after
-        self._payload_to_df_fn = payload_to_df_fn
         self._http_server = None
 
+        # Leave this as None so we can check if it's set later
+        self._payload_to_df_fn = payload_to_df_fn
+
         # These are only used when C++ mode is disabled
         self._queue = None
         self._queue_size = 0
@@ -146,17 +146,9 @@ def supports_cpp_node(self) -> bool:
         """Indicates whether this stage supports C++ nodes."""
         return True
 
-    def compute_schema(self, schema: StageSchema):
-        schema.output_schema.set_type(MessageMeta)
-
     def _parse_payload(self, payload: str) -> HttpParseResponse:
         try:
-            if self._payload_to_df_fn is not None:
-                df = self._payload_to_df_fn(payload, self._lines)
-            else:
-                # engine='cudf' is needed when lines=False to avoid using pandas
-                df = cudf.read_json(payload, lines=self._lines, engine='cudf')
-
+            df = self._payload_to_df_fn(payload, self._lines)
         except Exception as e:
             err_msg = "Error occurred converting HTTP payload to Dataframe"
             logger.error("%s: %s", err_msg, e)
@@ -277,6 +269,9 @@ def _build_source(self, builder: mrc.Builder) -> mrc.SegmentObject:
                                                  lines=self._lines,
                                                  stop_after=self._stop_after)
         else:
+            if self._payload_to_df_fn is None:
+                self._payload_to_df_fn = self._get_default_payload_to_df_fn(self._config)
+
             node = builder.make_source(self.unique_name, self._generate_frames())
 
         return node
diff --git a/morpheus/stages/input/http_source_stage_base.py b/morpheus/stages/input/http_source_stage_base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e83a53f353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/morpheus/stages/input/http_source_stage_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Base class for HTTP sources."""
+
+import typing
+
+from morpheus.config import Config
+from morpheus.io.utils import get_json_reader
+from morpheus.messages import MessageMeta
+from morpheus.pipeline.preallocator_mixin import PreallocatorMixin
+from morpheus.pipeline.single_output_source import SingleOutputSource
+from morpheus.pipeline.stage_schema import StageSchema
+from morpheus.utils.type_aliases import DataFrameType
+
+
+class HttpSourceStageBase(PreallocatorMixin, SingleOutputSource):
+
+    def _get_default_payload_to_df_fn(self, config: Config) -> typing.Callable[[str, bool], DataFrameType]:
+        reader = get_json_reader(config)
+
+        return lambda payload, lines: reader(payload, lines=lines)
+
+    def compute_schema(self, schema: StageSchema):
+        schema.output_schema.set_type(MessageMeta)
diff --git a/morpheus/stages/input/kafka_source_stage.py b/morpheus/stages/input/kafka_source_stage.py
index 0c12c6db49..c98170fa30 100644
--- a/morpheus/stages/input/kafka_source_stage.py
+++ b/morpheus/stages/input/kafka_source_stage.py
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@
 import mrc
 import pandas as pd
 
-import cudf
-
 from morpheus.cli.register_stage import register_stage
 from morpheus.config import Config
 from morpheus.config import PipelineModes
 from morpheus.config import auto_determine_bootstrap
+from morpheus.io.utils import get_json_reader
 from morpheus.messages import MessageMeta
 from morpheus.pipeline.preallocator_mixin import PreallocatorMixin
 from morpheus.pipeline.single_output_source import SingleOutputSource
 from morpheus.pipeline.stage_schema import StageSchema
+from morpheus.utils.type_aliases import DataFrameType
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._poll_interval = pd.Timedelta(poll_interval).total_seconds()
         self._started = False
 
+        # Defined lated if in CPU mode
+        self._json_reader: typing.Callable[..., DataFrameType] = None
+
         self._records_emitted = 0
         self._num_messages = 0
 
@@ -167,7 +170,7 @@ def _process_batch(self, consumer, batch):
             df = None
             try:
                 buffer.seek(0)
-                df = cudf.io.read_json(buffer, engine='cudf', lines=True, orient='records')
+                df = self._json_reader(buffer, lines=True, orient='records')
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error("Error parsing payload into a dataframe : %s", e)
             finally:
@@ -254,6 +257,7 @@ def _build_source(self, builder: mrc.Builder) -> mrc.SegmentObject:
             # multiple threads
             source.launch_options.pe_count = self._max_concurrent
         else:
+            self._json_reader = get_json_reader(self._config)
             source = builder.make_source(self.unique_name, self._source_generator)
 
         return source
diff --git a/morpheus/stages/output/compare_dataframe_stage.py b/morpheus/stages/output/compare_dataframe_stage.py
index 86ae3dc6ce..ecd94563c5 100644
--- a/morpheus/stages/output/compare_dataframe_stage.py
+++ b/morpheus/stages/output/compare_dataframe_stage.py
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 import pandas as pd
 
-import cudf
-
 from morpheus.config import Config
 from morpheus.io.deserializers import read_file_to_df
 from morpheus.stages.output.in_memory_sink_stage import InMemorySinkStage
@@ -74,8 +72,6 @@ def __init__(self,
 
         if isinstance(compare_df, str):
             compare_df = read_file_to_df(compare_df, df_type='pandas')
-        elif isinstance(compare_df, cudf.DataFrame):
-            compare_df = compare_df.to_pandas()
         elif isinstance(compare_df, list):
             tmp_dfs = []
             for item in compare_df:
@@ -83,6 +79,9 @@ def __init__(self,
                 tmp_dfs.append(tmp_df)
             compare_df = pd.concat(tmp_dfs)
             compare_df.reset_index(inplace=True, drop=True)
+        elif not isinstance(compare_df, pd.DataFrame):
+            # assume it is a cudf DataFrame
+            compare_df = compare_df.to_pandas()
 
         self._compare_df = compare_df
 
diff --git a/morpheus/stages/output/http_server_sink_stage.py b/morpheus/stages/output/http_server_sink_stage.py
index aac5a93b99..9f8462263b 100644
--- a/morpheus/stages/output/http_server_sink_stage.py
+++ b/morpheus/stages/output/http_server_sink_stage.py
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from mrc.core import operators as ops
 
-import cudf
-
 from morpheus.cli.register_stage import register_stage
 from morpheus.config import Config
+from morpheus.config import ExecutionMode
 from morpheus.io import serializers
+from morpheus.io.utils import get_df_pkg
 from morpheus.messages import MessageMeta
 from morpheus.pipeline.pass_thru_type_mixin import PassThruTypeMixin
 from morpheus.pipeline.single_port_stage import SinglePortStage
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-@register_stage("to-http-server", ignore_args=["df_serializer_fn"])
+@register_stage("to-http-server",
+                execution_modes=(ExecutionMode.CPU, ExecutionMode.GPU),
+                ignore_args=["df_serializer_fn"])
 class HttpServerSinkStage(PassThruTypeMixin, SinglePortStage):
     """
     Sink stage that starts an HTTP server and listens for incoming requests on a specified endpoint.
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ def __init__(self,
 
         self._df_serializer_fn = df_serializer_fn or self._default_df_serializer
 
+        self._df_pkg = get_df_pkg(config)
+
         # FiberQueue doesn't have a way to check the size, nor does it have a way to check if it's empty without
         # attempting to perform a read. We'll keep track of the size ourselves.
         self._queue = queue.Queue(maxsize=max_queue_size or config.edge_buffer_size)
@@ -201,10 +205,10 @@ def _request_handler(self, _: str) -> HttpParseResponse:
                                      body=err_msg)
 
         if (len(data_frames) > 0):
-            df = data_frames[0]
             if len(data_frames) > 1:
-                cat_fn = pd.concat if isinstance(df, pd.DataFrame) else cudf.concat
-                df = cat_fn(data_frames)
+                df = self._df_pkg.concat(data_frames)
+            else:
+                df = data_frames[0]
 
             return HttpParseResponse(status_code=HTTPStatus.OK.value,
                                      content_type=self._content_type,
diff --git a/morpheus/stages/output/write_to_databricks_deltalake_stage.py b/morpheus/stages/output/write_to_databricks_deltalake_stage.py
index 6b98ffeb92..53d028d987 100644
--- a/morpheus/stages/output/write_to_databricks_deltalake_stage.py
+++ b/morpheus/stages/output/write_to_databricks_deltalake_stage.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from mrc.core import operators as ops
 
-import cudf
-
 from morpheus.cli.register_stage import register_stage
 from morpheus.config import Config
 from morpheus.messages import MessageMeta
@@ -97,8 +95,9 @@ def write_to_deltalake(meta: MessageMeta):
             convert cudf to spark dataframe
             """
             df = meta.copy_dataframe()
-            if isinstance(df, cudf.DataFrame):
+            if not isinstance(df, pd.DataFrame):
                 df = df.to_pandas()
+
             schema = self._extract_schema_from_pandas_dataframe(df)
             spark_df = self.spark.createDataFrame(df, schema=schema)
             spark_df.write \
diff --git a/morpheus/stages/output/write_to_elasticsearch_stage.py b/morpheus/stages/output/write_to_elasticsearch_stage.py
index eede6926e8..f26948cf6a 100644
--- a/morpheus/stages/output/write_to_elasticsearch_stage.py
+++ b/morpheus/stages/output/write_to_elasticsearch_stage.py
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@
 
 import mrc
 import mrc.core.operators as ops
+import pandas as pd
 import yaml
 
-import cudf
-
 from morpheus.cli.register_stage import register_stage
 from morpheus.config import Config
 from morpheus.controllers.elasticsearch_controller import ElasticsearchController
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ def on_data(meta: MessageMeta) -> MessageMeta:
             self._controller.refresh_client()
 
             df = meta.copy_dataframe()
-            if isinstance(df, cudf.DataFrame):
+            if not isinstance(df, pd.DataFrame):
                 df = df.to_pandas()
                 logger.debug("Converted cudf of size: %s to pandas dataframe.", len(df))
 
diff --git a/morpheus/stages/postprocess/generate_viz_frames_stage.py b/morpheus/stages/postprocess/generate_viz_frames_stage.py
index b2d059666c..d50279e2e6 100644
--- a/morpheus/stages/postprocess/generate_viz_frames_stage.py
+++ b/morpheus/stages/postprocess/generate_viz_frames_stage.py
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@
 import websockets.legacy.server
 from websockets.server import serve
 
-import cudf
-
 from morpheus.cli.register_stage import register_stage
 from morpheus.config import Config
 from morpheus.config import PipelineModes
+from morpheus.io.utils import get_df_class
 from morpheus.messages import ControlMessage
 from morpheus.messages import MultiResponseMessage
 from morpheus.pipeline.pass_thru_type_mixin import PassThruTypeMixin
 from morpheus.pipeline.single_port_stage import SinglePortStage
 from morpheus.utils.producer_consumer_queue import AsyncIOProducerConsumerQueue
 from morpheus.utils.producer_consumer_queue import Closed
+from morpheus.utils.type_aliases import DataFrameType
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ def __init__(self,
         self._server_task: asyncio.Task = None
         self._server_close_event: asyncio.Event = None
 
+        self._df_class: type[DataFrameType] = get_df_class(c)
+
     @property
     def name(self) -> str:
         return "gen_viz"
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ def indent_data(y: str):
             except Exception:
                 return y
 
-        if isinstance(df, cudf.DataFrame):
+        if not isinstance(df, pd.DataFrame):
             df = df.to_pandas()
 
         df["data"] = df["data"].apply(indent_data)
@@ -291,7 +293,7 @@ def write_batch(x: MultiResponseMessage | ControlMessage):
                 elif isinstance(x, ControlMessage):
                     df = x.payload().get_data(columns)
 
-                out_df = cudf.DataFrame()
+                out_df = self._df_class()
 
                 out_df["dt"] = (df["timestamp"] - time0).astype(np.int32)
                 out_df["src"] = df["src_ip"].str.ip_to_int().astype(np.int32)