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Modal

Python serverless GPU platform whose site is a dev-tool marketing design reference

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Modal is a serverless cloud for AI workloads — inference, fine-tuning and multi-node training, batch jobs, and sandboxes for untrusted code — where you declare the container image, hardware, and scaling rules in Python and deploy with the modal CLI. It sits in this index mainly as a UI and brand reference: the site pairs a dark, high-contrast palette with custom technical diagrams, live code samples, and a pricing page that publishes per-second GPU rates in full rather than hiding them behind a sales form. That combination of runnable code on the marketing page and radical pricing transparency is the pattern worth copying. The SDK is open source under Apache-2.0; the platform itself is a paid hosted service.

Install

pip install modal

For an agent

Cite this as the reference when you are building a developer-tool homepage, a usage-based pricing page, or API docs — copy the structure (runnable code block above the fold, per-unit rates in a plain table, no 'contact sales' wall on the standard tiers), not the green-on-dark palette, which is Modal's trademarked brand. It ships no components and no design tokens, so never list it as a UI source; pair it with a real component library for the build. If a task is about actually running GPU work rather than designing, read modal.com/llms.txt and the /docs tree — both are machine-friendly, unlike most vendor sites in this index.

Why it is here. Modal's site is the most-imitated developer-infrastructure landing page of its generation, and its fully public per-second rate card is a rare, concrete example of pricing-page honesty worth holding up as a standard.

Install command, framework, licence and component list.

Facts

License: Apache 2.0, Proprietary / all rights reserved
Pricing: Freemium, Usage-based / credits, Subscription
Framework: Python
Styling: Unknown
Distribution: Hosted SaaS product, CLI installer, Public HTTP API, GitHub repository
Platform: Web
Content type: Code, Prose / writing, Images / textures / backgrounds
Agent readiness: llms.txt, Structured documentation, Public API without auth, CLI installable, Readable open source
Accessibility: Unknown
Maturity: Actively maintained
Pricing detail: Starter $0 + compute/month with $30/month free credits; Team $250 + compute/month with $100/month free credits; Enterprise custom. GPU per-second: B300 $0.001972, B200 $0.001736, H200 SXM $0.001261, H100 SXM5 $0.001097, RTX PRO 6000 $0.000842, A100 80GB $0.000694, A100 40GB $0.000583, L40S $0.000542, A10 $0.000306, L4 $0.000222, T4 $0.000164. CPU $0.0000131/core/sec (0.125 core minimum), memory $0.00000222/GiB/sec, volumes $0.09/GiB/mo with 1 TiB free.
GitHub stars: 502
Package: modal

Helps you build

Homepage Pricing Website API Documentation Features Blog Careers

Notable for

per-second GPU rates published in full
runnable Python samples on the marketing page
custom technical diagram illustration system
llms.txt plus a structured /docs tree
Apache-2.0 SDK backing a proprietary platform

Provenance

Verified 2026-08-15. HTTP 200. https://modal.com (200), https://modal.com/pricing (200, full rate card read), https://modal.com/llms.txt (200), https://modal.com/docs (200), GitHub API for modal-labs/modal-client (502 stars, Apache-2.0, pushed 2026-08-14)

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