Modal

Serverless compute platform for Python, where functions are decorated in code and run in containers on CPU or GPU with per-second billing.

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A decorator, then a GPU.

Classification

Categories: Serverless, GPU cloud
Operating system: Self-managed
Use cases: AI and LLM apps, Data pipelines, Background jobs and queues, API backends
Audience: Startups, Enterprises, Education and research, Solo and freelance

Tech stack

Runtimes: Python, Docker
GPU: Serverless GPU, Managed inference, Model API3 5 6 7

Pricing

Pricing model: Metered usage3
Entry price: $5 to $15 a month 3
Typical ceiling: $150 to $500 a month3
Currencies: USD 3
Billed: Monthly4
Paid: In arrears, for usage already run up4
Exit: Within a quarter 4
Free tier: Permanent3

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Modal turns a Python function into a remote container. Decorate it, describe the image and the hardware it needs in the same file, and the platform provisions the machine, runs the code and tears it down again — billed by the second, with nothing charged while idle. The same mechanism covers model inference, sandboxes, training runs, notebooks and batch processing.

Plans are a free starter tier with a monthly credit allowance and a small seat limit, a paid team tier with a larger allowance and unlimited seats, and a quoted enterprise tier. Compute is metered per second: CPU by the core, memory by the gibibyte, GPUs by the card.

Worth knowing

Python is the interface, not one option among several. There is no general web-application runtime and no long-lived server — this is a compute platform that happens to serve HTTP, and an ordinary website would be working against the grain of it.

Container and GPU concurrency are capped per plan, so scale is a commercial tier as much as a technical one.

Identity

Reach: ↑1,486 1
Ownership: VC-backed
Status: Active

Regions and law

Regions: United States, Canada, Mexico, Ireland, United Kingdom, India, Japan, Australia 2
Headquarters: United States

Automation

CLI: Official
API: Public

Sources

2026-09-07: Reach
majestic.com/reports/majestic-million
2026-09-23: Regions
modal.com/docs/guide/region-selection
2026-09-23: Entry price, Typical ceiling, Currencies, Free tier, Pricing model, GPU
modal.com/pricing
2026-09-23: Billed, Paid, Exit
modal.com/legal/terms
2026-09-24: GPU
modal.com/docs/guide/scale
2026-09-24: GPU
modal.com/docs/guide/dedicated-endpoints
2026-09-24: GPU
modal.com/docs/guide/shared-endpoints

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