Comparison

Fastly Compute vs Modal

No clear leader: Modal (56.4) and Fastly Compute (54.1) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Fastly Compute54

Modal56

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Fastly Compute	Modal
vioscaleAI score	54 / 100medium · 51%	56 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	high
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	-	$250
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5	2
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type II
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.fastly.com/security-research	https://modal.com/docs/guide/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40fastly%2Fjs-compute&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH	-
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	65	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	226	-
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	462,574	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	23	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	6	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	JavaScript	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Fastly Compute54 / 100medium · 51%

Modal56 / 100medium · 72%

Pricing

Free tier

Fastly Compute✓

Modal✓

Model

Fastly Computecommercial

Modalfreemium

Price level

Fastly Computelow

Modalhigh

Starting price

Fastly Compute–

Modal$250

Transparent

Fastly Compute✓

Modal✓

Integrations

Count

Fastly Compute5

Modal2

Security

Certifications

Fastly Compute–

ModalSOC 2 Type II

Disclosure policy

Fastly Compute–

Modal✓

Gdpr

Fastly Compute✓

Modal–

Hipaa

Fastly Compute–

Modal✓

Soc2

Fastly Compute–

Modal✓

Trust center

Fastly Computehttps://www.fastly.com/security-research

Modalhttps://modal.com/docs/guide/security

Vulnerabilities

Fastly ComputeCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40fastly%2Fjs-compute&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Modal–

Reliability

Status page

Fastly Compute✓

Modal✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Fastly Compute65

Modal–

Github stars

Fastly Compute226

Modal–

Package downloads weekly

Fastly Compute462,574

Modal–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Fastly Compute23

Modal–

Release

Cadence days

Fastly Compute6

Modal–

History

Fastly Compute20 items

Modal–

License

Spdx

Fastly ComputeApache-2.0

Modal–

Language

Primary

Fastly ComputeJavaScript

Modal–

Market

Availability

Fastly ComputeAvailable worldwide

ModalAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Content

Faq

Fastly Compute6 items

Modal7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for serverless & edge platforms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Serverless & Edge Platforms
Capability	Fastly Compute	Modal
Core
Execution substrate	WASM	Container
Language / runtime breadth	JavaScript, with WebAssembly runtime support	Python
Reach
Runs at global edge PoPs	✓	✓
Scale
Scale to zero	-	✓
Performance
Cold-start profile	Low	Low
Limits
Max execution duration	-	-
Integration
Event source breadth	-	HTTP, cron/scheduled, events
HTTP endpoint trigger	✓	✓
Cron / scheduled invocations	-	✓
State
Durable state / workflow primitive	-	✓
Flexibility
Bring-your-own runtime / container	-	✓
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud only
Ops
Built-in logs / metrics / tracing	✓	✓
Extensibility
CLI + IaC / framework support	✓	✓

Core

Execution substrate

Fastly ComputeWASM

ModalContainer

Language / runtime breadth

Fastly ComputeJavaScript, with WebAssembly runtime support

ModalPython

Reach

Runs at global edge PoPs

Fastly Compute✓

Modal✓

Scale

Scale to zero

Fastly Compute-

Modal✓

Performance

Cold-start profile

Fastly ComputeLow

ModalLow

Limits

Max execution duration

Fastly Compute-

Modal-

Integration

Event source breadth

Fastly Compute-

ModalHTTP, cron/scheduled, events

HTTP endpoint trigger

Fastly Compute✓

Modal✓

Cron / scheduled invocations

Fastly Compute-

Modal✓

State

Durable state / workflow primitive

Fastly Compute-

Modal✓

Flexibility

Bring-your-own runtime / container

Fastly Compute-

Modal✓

Deployment

Hosting

Fastly ComputeCloud only

ModalCloud only

Ops

Built-in logs / metrics / tracing

Fastly Compute✓

Modal✓

Extensibility

CLI + IaC / framework support

Fastly Compute✓

Modal✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Fastly Compute

Fastly Compute is a JavaScript runtime and SDK for building applications that run on Fastly's edge network. It includes privacy enablement solutions like MASQUE Relay and OHTTP Relay for anonymizing user traffic and protecting personally identifiable information.

Independently observed

Modal

A cloud platform that automatically scales applications based on demand and charges only for actual compute consumed, measured per CPU cycle. Provides direct GPU access for AI inference and training, with support for Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Go.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Fastly Compute

HybridFree tier

FreeFree
Growth-
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-09-10verify ↗

Modal

from $250/moUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier with $30/month compute. Pay-per-second metering: CPUs from $0.0000131/core/sec, GPUs from $0.000164/sec (T4) to $0.001972/sec (B300), memory at $0.00000222/GiB/sec.

StarterFree
- 3 workspace seats
- 100 containers
- 10 GPU concurrency
- Limited scheduled and web functions
- Real-time metrics and logs
- +1 more
Team$250/month base + compute usage ($100/month free credits)
- Unlimited workspace seats
- 5000 containers
- 50 GPU concurrency
- Unlimited scheduled functions
- Custom domains
- +3 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Volume-based discounts
- Embedded ML engineering services
- Private Slack support
- Audit logs
- SAML SSO
- +1 more

as of 2026-09-18verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Fastly Compute	Modal
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Fastly Compute✓

Modal✓

CLI

Fastly Compute✓

Modal✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Fastly Compute✓

Modal✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

Datadog

Fastly Compute

5 total - 4 not shared

GitHub Actions
Terraform
Splunk
S3

Independently observed

Modal

4 total - 3 not shared

AWS Marketplace
GCP Marketplace
Sentry.io

Independently observed

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Fastly Compute or Modal: which one depends on you

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