# Modal vs Replicate Deployments (slim)

> Modal has a score of 63.8 (B) against Replicate Deployments's 63.7 (B). Both do compute gpu. The largest gap is security & auth, 28 points. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Modal has a score of 63.8 (B) against Replicate Deployments's 63.7 (B). Both do compute gpu. The largest gap is security & auth, 28 points.

- Modal: B 63.8, rank #195 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/modal.min.md
- Replicate Deployments: B 63.7, rank #197 of 452 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-deploy.min.md
- Pick Modal for security & auth (+28), maintenance & community (+15). Pick Replicate Deployments for reliability (+5), schema & documentation (+15), agent ergonomics (+11), transparency & trust (+11).

| Category | Modal | Replicate Deployments |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 70 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 70 | 85 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 68 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 85 | 70 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 69 | 80 |