# Modal: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/modal

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [ML platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/ml-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 23 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Start with open-source frameworks (PyTorch, Scikit-learn) paired with developer-centric infrastructure like Modal, RunPod, Hugging Face, or Lambdalabs" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, ML platforms)
- "BentoML, Modal, or Anyscale (Ray) — Specialized tools that make API endpoint deployment" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, ML platforms)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Modal, from 2 of the 10 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aws.amazon.com: 1
- bestdevops.com: 1
- cloud.google.com: 1
- docs.databricks.com: 1
- eweek.com: 1
- g2.com: 1
- huggingface.co: 1
- learn.g2.com: 1
- learn.microsoft.com: 1
- mlflow.org: 1

### Pages cited

- https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/ai/pricing: 1
- https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/pricing: 1
- https://bestdevops.com/top-10-machine-learning-platforms-features-pros-cons-and-comparison: 1
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/the-new-gemini-enterprise-one-platform-for-agent-development: 1
- https://docs.databricks.com/en/machine-learning/index.html: 1
- https://eweek.com/artificial-intelligence/machine-learning-solutions: 1
- https://g2.com/categories/data-science-and-machine-learning-platforms/small-business: 1
- https://g2.com/categories/machine-learning/small-business: 1

## In its own words

What Modal's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The platform for production AI (https://modal.com/)
- For: teams that develop, train, and serve AI applications at scale (https://modal.com/)
- Price stated: $30 / month free compute (https://modal.com/)
- Starting price: $0 + compute / month (https://modal.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: $30 / month free compute (https://modal.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: US West, US Central, US East, US South, EU West, EU North, South Asia Pacific, Northeast Asia Pacific
- Customers named: DoorDash, Cognition, TypeSafe AI, Ramp, Reducto, AllenAI, Blend, Meta

## What it publishes

Every page modal.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 100 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 67 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-20
- case study: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-11-19
- report or ebook: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-10-31
- comparison: 11 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-09-05
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-10-15
- Recent: 2026-05-20 blog: Applied compute reinforcement learning https://modal.com/blog/applied-compute-reinforcement-learning
- Recent: 2026-04-08 blog: Physical intelligence runs real time remote inference for robotic control on modal https://modal.com/blog/physical-intelligence-runs-real-time-remote-inference-for-robotic-control-on-modal
- Recent: 2026-03-26 blog: Runway chooses modal to power real time inference for runway characters https://modal.com/blog/runway-chooses-modal-to-power-real-time-inference-for-runway-characters
- Recent: 2026-02-19 blog: How ramp built a full context background coding agent on modal https://modal.com/blog/how-ramp-built-a-full-context-background-coding-agent-on-modal
- Recent: 2026-01-15 blog: Seamless computational bio at chai discovery https://modal.com/blog/seamless-computational-bio-at-chai-discovery
- Recent: 2025-12-16 blog: Deploy qwen chatbot vercel https://modal.com/blog/deploy-qwen-chatbot-vercel

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.