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Functions 4.6/10

On-demand sandboxed compute for arbitrary/agent code: CPU $0.00003942/core/s, memory $0.00000672/GB/s, GPUs at standard per-second rates; burst without pre-allocating. Pay only for

Modal Sandboxes / Notebooks scores 4.6/10 for free value in Functions. The main constraint: Paid — CPU $0.00003942/core/s; Memory $0.00000672/GB/s (+ GPU at standard rates). On-demand sandboxed compute for arbitrary/agent code: CPU $0.00003942/core/s, memory $0.00000672/GB/s, GPUs at standard per-second rates; burst without pre-allocating. Pay only for use.

Category Functions Kind Paid plan

Free value score

4.6 / 10
Show the math
Overall 4.6/10
value = 4.6/100
weighted_components_v1
Invocation value 1/10
value = 0.01 ×
fixed_log_v1
Runtime fit 8.2/10
value = 8.2/100
policy_score_v1
Deploy friction 8/10
value = 8/100
policy_score_v1

Key metrics

$39u/core-s
$6.7u/GB-s

What you get

Paid — CPU $0.00003942/core/s; Memory $0.00000672/GB/s (+ GPU at standard rates). On-demand sandboxed compute for arbitrary/agent code: CPU $0.00003942/core/s, memory $0.00000672/GB/s, GPUs at standard per-second rates; burst without pre-allocating. Pay only for use.

Sub-second-billed sandboxes mean an agent spinning up code execution pays cents; no idle charges. Great value for ephemeral code-execution/agent tool

Gotchas

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Sources

paid value serverless-functions
Open service ← All Functions

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