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· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Serverless access to GPUs for training and inference. Support for pipelining to allow transcriptions & encoding. Access to the latest LLMs and LoRA for fine-tuning. Supports parallel execution, cron jobs, queues. SDK allows easy switching between local and remote calls.

Tradeoffs

The SDK is Python only. 1s cold start, but you can warm up containers ready to serve traffic.

Is Modal a fit?

Based on Console’s review published on 2024-02-15. Summary updated .

Who it’s for

Developers needing transcription and encoding capabilities should consider this tool

Why consider it

It provides serverless access to GPUs for training and inference

Keep in mind

Its main limitation is that the SDK is only available in Python

Console is a free weekly newsletter with short reviews of developer tools, covering strengths and tradeoffs. This review reflects Console’s assessment at publication on 2024-02-15. Features and limitations may have changed since the review date. Read our selection criteria and learn about Console.

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