# Modal

Intensive cloud functions.

Source: [Console review](<https://console.dev/tools/modal>)

Website: [https://modal.com/](<https://modal.com/>)

Profile updated: 2026-10-16

Category: [Models & infrastructure](<https://console.dev/tools/categories/ai-models-infrastructure>)

## Supported tech stack

Research checked: 2026-10-11

### SDK support

- Go (Language)
- JavaScript (Language)
- Python (Language)
- TypeScript (Language)

### Integrates with

- Python (Language)

Source: [Research source](<https://modal.com/docs/guide>)

Documented compatibility; coverage may be incomplete. Written in describes implementation, not user-project language support.

Python is the application language; JavaScript/TypeScript and Go clients invoke functions and manage resources.

## Console’s review — 2024-02-15

Reviewed: 2024-02-15

Author: [David Mytton](<https://console.dev/about#david-mytton>)

Citation: [This review](<https://console.dev/tools/modal#review_125176b761edd260e1cdaeaf406b1fdc01b9c71d90a910db5d2108dad1d6d3f1>)

### 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.

This review reflects Console’s assessment at publication on 2024-02-15. Features and limitations may have changed since the review date.

## Is Modal a fit?

Based on [Console’s review published on 2024-02-15](<https://console.dev/tools/modal#review_125176b761edd260e1cdaeaf406b1fdc01b9c71d90a910db5d2108dad1d6d3f1>).

Summary updated: 2026-10-16

### 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

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