FAQ from Modal
What is Modal?
Modal facilitates running code in the cloud, offering an easy way for developers to access containerized, serverless compute without infrastructure management.
How to use Modal?
Developers can utilize Modal to run generative AI models, large-scale batch jobs, and job queues by simply bringing their own code, while Modal manages the infrastructure. The installation process includes 'pip install modal' and 'python3 -m modal setup'.
How does Modal work?
Modal allows developers to bring their code and execute it in a serverless, containerized environment, providing features for storage, job scheduling, web endpoints, observability, and security.
What are the pricing options for Modal?
Modal offers flexible pricing based on compute usage, which varies depending on the resources utilized, such as CPU cores, GPU models, and memory.
What are some use cases for Modal?
Modal is ideal for running data-intensive applications, large-scale workloads, generative AI models, batch jobs, job queues, scheduling cron jobs, and serving functions as HTTPS endpoints.