Modal
Modal is a serverless cloud for AI, data, and general compute. Developers define infrastructure as code in Python (with JavaScript and Go SDKs) and run functions, GPUs, sandboxes, web endpoints, cron jobs, and volumes on demand. The primary developer interface is the Modal SDK and CLI communicating with a gRPC backend, not a conventional first-party REST API. User-deployed Modal Functions can be exposed as HTTPS web endpoints (@modal.fastapi_endpoint / asgi_app / wsgi_app / web_server) on *.modal.run, and Sandboxes can expose ports via network tunnels.
Modal publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Modal Web Endpoints (Representative) API. Tagged areas include Serverless, Compute, GPU, AI Infrastructure, and Sandboxes.
Modal’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.
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APIs 8
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Modal Functions and Remote Invocation
Decorate Python functions with @app.function to run them remotely on Modal's cloud. Invoke deployed functions synchronously (.remote), asynchronously (.spawn), in parallel (.map...
Modal Volumes
Distributed, high-performance file system volumes for sharing state across functions and containers, managed via modal.Volume in the SDK and the `modal volume` CLI. Read/write, ...
Modal Dicts and Queues
Distributed key-value store (modal.Dict) and distributed queue (modal.Queue) for passing state and messages between functions and containers. Accessed exclusively through the SD...
Modal Secrets
Securely inject environment variables and credentials into functions and sandboxes via modal.Secret, managed in the dashboard, CLI, or SDK (Secret.from_name / from_dict). SDK/CL...
Modal Cron and Scheduled Functions
Run functions on a recurring schedule using modal.Period or modal.Cron passed to @app.function(schedule=...). Schedules are declared in code and managed through deployment; ther...
Modal Images and GPU
Define container images programmatically with modal.Image (from_registry, debian_slim, pip_install, run_commands) and attach GPUs by passing gpu= (T4, L4, A10, L40S, A100, H100,...
Modal CLI
The `modal` command-line interface for deploying apps, running functions, tailing logs, managing volumes/secrets/dicts, and launching shells. Wraps the same gRPC control plane t...
Modal Modal Web Endpoints (Representative) API
The Modal Web Endpoints (Representative) API from Modal — 2 operation(s) for modal web endpoints (representative).
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Open Collections 1
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Modal Web Endpoints (Representative)
OPEN COLLECTIONPricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Modal Labs Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Modal Labs Finops
FINOPSSecurity Posture 1
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
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Resources
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 1
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 1
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API