Modal vs OpenFaaS
On the evidence we track, Modal leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for serverless & edge platforms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Modal
LeaderA 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.
OpenFaaS
A framework for deploying functions to Kubernetes with automatic scaling, event-driven triggers, multi-tenancy support, and enterprise features including SSO, RBAC, and direct engineering support.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Modal
LeaderFree 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
OpenFaaS
Free community edition; subscription-based standard and enterprise tiers
- Community EditionFree
- Legacy UI portal
- REST API
- Basic metrics & observability
- Cron trigger
- Standard14-day trial available; custom pricing
- Scale to zero
- Kafka/RabbitMQ/GCP Pub/Sub/PostgreSQL/AWS SNS/SQS triggers
- UI dashboard
- Grafana dashboards
- Kubernetes Custom Resources (CRD)
- +4 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Enterprise support with SLA
- Direct engineering support via Slack
- Annual architecture review
- Function Builder REST API
- Identity and Access Management
- +3 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Modal
Leader- AWS Marketplace
- GCP Marketplace
- Datadog
- Sentry.io
OpenFaaS
- Apache Kafka
- AWS SQS
- AWS SNS
- GCP Pub/Sub
- RabbitMQ
- PostgreSQL
- MQTT
- Cron
- Grafana
- Istio
- Linkerd
- NATS JetStream
- GitHub
- Slack
- Salesforce
- Zoom
- Google Docs
- Gmail
- DigitalOcean
- Crunchbase
- Kafka
- AWS SNS/SQS
- Discord
- Gumroad
Modal or OpenFaaS: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.