LM Studio vs Modal
LM StudioAI Infrastructure
ModalCloud Infrastructure
From $0.000164 / GPU-sec (T4)Published price
LM Studio AI Infrastructure Discover, download, and run local LLMs. | Modal Cloud Infrastructure Run generative AI models, large-scale batch jobs, and more. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | AI Infrastructure | Cloud Infrastructure |
| What it is | LM Studio is a desktop application for discovering, downloading, and running large language models locally with a user-friendly interface. | 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 | As of mid-2025 LM Studio is free for both personal and commercial/work use with no license required. An optional LM Studio Enterprise plan (SSO, model/MCP gating, private collabor… | 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 | Not available | Usage-based |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2023 | 2021 |
| Team size | 1-10 employees | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | Remote | New York, New York |
| Featured clients | Not available | Suno, Ramp, Midjourney |