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Run generative AI models, large-scale batch jobs, job queues, and much more.

Modal supports deploying and scaling a variety of AI models, including language models like LLaMA 2 and Mistral for text generation, Stable Diffusion models for image generation tasks, and allows fo.

Explore 49 alternatives to Modal across 2 categories. Updated October 2026.

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Lium

GPU rental marketplace where independent providers list verified NVIDIA hosts, billed per second

Free Trial

$5 signup credit, then from $0.12/GPU-hour (RTX A4000, Oct 2026)

Lyceum

EU-hosted inference cloud for open-source models, OpenAI-compatible

From $0.06/1M tokens

System1 Models

Hosted open decision models behind a Jev-compatible API, with an EU-only tier and a lower-cost Peer-to-Peer tier

$0.032 per 1M input tokens (s1-fast), output free

NanoGPT

One OpenAI-compatible API for 600+ models, with text billed at provider list prices

Free Trial

Pay per prompt, from $0.10

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Top Modal alternatives at a glance

Replicate. Run and fine-tune open-source models. Deploy custom models at scale. All with one line of code.
fal. Build the next generation of creativity with fal. Lightning fast inference.
Together AI. The fastest cloud platform for building and running generative AI.
Anyscale. Fast, cost-efficient, serverless APIs for LLM Serving and Fine Tuning
OVHcloud AI. European cloud provider with AI inference, training, and deployment services

Compare Modal with its alternatives

Product	Pricing Model	Free Tier	Open Source	Hosting	HQ
Modal	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
Replicate	Pay-per-use	—	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
fal	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
Together AI	Pay-per-use	—	—	Cloud + Self-hosted	🇺🇸 United States
Anyscale	—	—	—	—	🇺🇸 United States
OVHcloud AI	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇫🇷 France
Beam	Pay-per-use	✓	✓	Cloud + Self-hosted	🇺🇸 United States
Baseten	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud + Self-hosted	🇺🇸 United States
Cerebrium	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
Simplismart	—	—	—	Cloud + Self-hosted	🇮🇳 India
BentoML	—	✓	✓	Cloud + Self-hosted	🇺🇸 United States
Nebius	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇳🇱 Netherlands
Lium	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇰🇳 KN
DeepInfra	Pay-per-use	✓	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States
Lyceum	Pay-per-use	—	—	Cloud	🇩🇪 Germany
RunPod	Pay-per-use	—	—	Cloud	🇺🇸 United States

🧠 Fine-tuning

Replicate

Run and fine-tune open-source models. Deploy custom models at scale. All with one line of code.

fal

Build the next generation of creativity with fal. Lightning fast inference.

Free Trial

Together AI

The fastest cloud platform for building and running generative AI.

Anyscale

Fast, cost-efficient, serverless APIs for LLM Serving and Fine Tuning

OVHcloud AI

European cloud provider with AI inference, training, and deployment services

Free Trial

🤖 Inference APIs

Replicate

Run and fine-tune open-source models. Deploy custom models at scale. All with one line of code.

Beam

Open-source serverless GPU cloud with sub-second cold starts and auto-scaling

Open Source Free Trial

Baseten

AI inference platform for deploying and serving ML models with autoscaling and optimized infrastructure

Free Trial

Cerebrium

Serverless GPU infrastructure for deploying AI models with sub-5 second cold starts

Free Trial

fal

Build the next generation of creativity with fal. Lightning fast inference.

Free Trial

Simplismart

Deploy and serve open-source and custom models via API, on dedicated GPUs, or in your own cloud

BentoML

BentoML is the platform for software engineers to build AI products.

Open Source Free Trial

Nebius

Full-stack AI cloud with GPU infrastructure for training and inference

Free Trial

Lium

GPU rental marketplace where independent providers list verified NVIDIA hosts, billed per second

Featured Free Trial

DeepInfra

Run the top AI models using a simple API, pay per use. Low cost, scalable and production ready infrastructure.

Free Trial

Lyceum

EU-hosted inference cloud for open-source models, OpenAI-compatible

Featured

RunPod

The Cloud Built for AI.

Hyperstack

On-demand cloud GPU platform for AI and ML workloads with per-minute billing

Novita AI

APIs, Serverless and GPU Instance In One AI Cloud

Free Trial

evroc

European-sovereign cloud and inference APIs running open-source models on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs in EU data centers

CoreWeave

GPU cloud infrastructure built for large-scale AI training and inference workloads

Airon

Dedicated bare-metal GPU infrastructure for AI workloads, hosted in Nordic datacenters

Vast.ai

GPU marketplace for renting compute at market-driven prices with per-second billing

AiQu

Swedish GPU infrastructure and LLM hosting platform with API-first deployment, no Kubernetes required

Free Trial

Together AI

The fastest cloud platform for building and running generative AI.

Lambda

GPU cloud for AI training and inference with on-demand and cluster options

Free Trial

Varion

OpenAI-compatible proxy that trims LLM token usage before requests reach your provider

Free Trial

HostYourAI

EU-hosted inference router with OpenAI and Anthropic drop-in compatibility, plus dedicated vLLM instances

GPU Flow

OpenAI-compatible inference, GPU sandboxes and dedicated B200s, hosted in Spain and billed in euros

Free Trial

ARK Labs

Sovereign AI inference infrastructure for regulated EU environments, with heterogeneous GPU support

Free Trial

Regolo

OpenAI-compatible inference API run on Italian infrastructure with zero data retention

Free Trial

QuantaCloud

On-demand NVIDIA GPU VMs in US Midwest regions, prepaid and billed by the second, plus quoted reserved clusters

Runware

Unified API for image, video, audio and 3D generation running on custom inference hardware

Free Trial

Hostnot GPU

On-demand GPU cloud with serverless inference and wallet-based billing

General Compute

ASIC-powered inference cloud built for AI agents, OpenAI-compatible API

Theta EdgeCloud

GPU rental and model serving across hosted, AWS and community-run nodes, billed by the hour

Open Source

SaladCloud

Container GPU cloud on a distributed network of consumer RTX GPUs, billed per second by priority tier

Packet.ai

On-demand NVIDIA GPU cloud with per-second billing, SSH, CLI, and API access

vMetal

Bare metal GPU server provisioning for companies building AI compute clouds

Fireworks AI

The production AI platform built for developers.

Cyfuture AI

Hourly NVIDIA GPU rental from V100 to H100 and B300, with capacity in India, the US and the EU

Free Trial

Verda

European GPU cloud with on-demand instances and serverless inference

Cloudflare Workers AI

Run AI models at the edge on Cloudflare's global network with serverless inference

Free Trial

AKI.IO

European AI API for open-source models on EU infrastructure

Free Trial

Anyscale

Fast, cost-efficient, serverless APIs for LLM Serving and Fine Tuning

Nscale

European AI hyperscaler with serverless inference and GPU cloud

Free Trial

Taiga Cloud

European GPU cloud for AI training and inference by Northern Data Group

Scaleway

European serverless AI inference APIs, 100% hosted in Europe

Free Trial

OVHcloud AI

European cloud provider with AI inference, training, and deployment services

Free Trial

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