# CoreWeave vs Modal (slim)

> Modal scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against CoreWeave's 61.5 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. CoreWeave leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do compute gpu. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Modal scores 63.6 (B) on agent readiness against CoreWeave's 61.5 (C), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. CoreWeave leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do compute gpu.

- CoreWeave: C 61.5, rank #363 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coreweave.min.md
- Modal: B 63.6, rank #302 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/modal.min.md
- CoreWeave, good for Teams that already run Kubernetes and need whole multi-GPU nodes or clusters for training and dedicated inference, with a contract and IAM. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 79 against 70; Security & auth, 74 against 68; Transparency & trust, 77 against 67. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install.
- Modal, good for Python teams that want GPU functions, batch jobs and HTTP endpoints from one decorator with scale to zero. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 50; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 85 against 80. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | CoreWeave | Modal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 50 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 70 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 58 | 57 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 74 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 85 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 77 | 67 |

| Fact (where they differ) | CoreWeave | Modal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | Model platform |
| Vendor | CoreWeave, Inc. | Modal |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.coreweave.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP |  |
| Auth | Token | API key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary service under CoreWeave's Terms of Service. The Terraform provider on GitHub is MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | 38 | none |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-28 |
| Terms last updated | 2022-06-30 | 2026-05-01 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-02-24 | 2023-05-17 |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | none | 514 stars, 941k npm/wk, 10.1M PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 4/5 (2) |