Linode vs Modal
LinodeCloud Hosting
ModalCloud Infrastructure
From $0.000164 / GPU-sec (T4)Published price
Linode Cloud Hosting Cloud computing designed for you. | Modal Cloud Infrastructure Run generative AI models, large-scale batch jobs, and more. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Cloud Hosting | Cloud Infrastructure |
| What it is | Linode (now Akamai Cloud Computing) offers simple, affordable cloud infrastructure including virtual machines, Kubernetes, object storage, and managed databases. | Modal is a serverless cloud platform for running AI inference, data processing, and compute-intensive tasks with automatic scaling, GPU access, and pay-per-second pricing. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Shared CPU: From $5/month (1 GB RAM) Dedicated CPU: From $36/month Kubernetes: Free control plane + worker node costs Object Storage: $5/month for 250 GB | From $0.000164 / GPU-sec (T4) Per-second serverless compute (vendor). GPU from $0.000164/sec (Nvidia T4; ~$0.59/GPU-hr), H100 $0.001097/sec, B300 $0.001972/sec. CPU $0.0000131/core/sec (min 0.125 cores) plus m… |
| Pricing model | Flat rate | Usage-based |
| Free options | Not available | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2003 | 2021 |
| Team size | 201-500 employees | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | New York, New York |
| Featured clients | Blizzard, GoDaddy | Suno, Ramp, Midjourney |