Modal vs RunPod

Run Python functions on NVIDIA GPUs without provisioning instances; cold starts in seconds

Pay for actual GPU runtime at sub-minute granularity, with scale-to-zero by default

Define environments in code, with automatic image building and caching

From T4 and L4 through A100, L40S, H100, H200 and B200

Access to a wide range of GPU types with enterprise-grade security

Only pay for the compute time you actually use

Programmatically manage your GPU instances via REST API

Pods typically ready in 20-30 s

SSH & VS Code tunnels built-in

Automatic migration on pre-empt