# Modal vs Vercel Edge Runtime

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Vercel Edge Runtime

| Attribute | Modal | Vercel Edge Runtime |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 55.2 (74% (medium)) | 70.1 (68% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 2,769 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 913 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 728,627 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A serverless cloud platform designed for running AI inference, training, batch processing, and interactive development. It automatically scales compute resources on demand, offers integrated logging and metrics, and provides a Python-native SDK for defining infrastructure as code. | Vercel is a platform for deploying and serving web applications with built-in edge computing, caching, and serverless functions. It provides managed infrastructure for scaling applications globally with automatic deployments from git repositories, observability tools, and integrated security features. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","triggers":"HTTP, cron/scheduled, events","languages":"Python","cold_start":"low","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"durable_state":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"custom_runtime":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"edge_distributed":true,"runtime_substrate":"container","observability_builtin":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","languages":"JavaScript, TypeScript, Python; framework-aware for Next.js and other frameworks","cli_and_iac":true,"http_trigger":true,"scale_to_zero":true,"custom_runtime":true,"scheduled_cron":true,"edge_distributed":true,"observability_builtin":true}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS Marketplace"},{"name":"GCP Marketplace"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"}]` |
| language.primary | - | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Starter","summary":"$0 base + usage, $30/month compute credit","features":["Up to 3 workspace seats","100 containers","10 GPU concurrency","200 deployed apps","Limited Scheduled and Web Functions","Real-time metrics and logs","Region selection","1-day log retention","5 deployed cron jobs","3 version deployment rollbacks"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","note":"free monthly compute credit","amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"containers":"100","deployed_apps":"200","gpu_concurrency":"10","log_retention_days":"1"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"$250/month base + usage + $100/month compute credit","features":["Unlimited workspace seats","5000 containers","50 GPU concurrency","1000 deployed apps","Unlimited Scheduled Functions","Custom domains","Static IP proxy","Deployment rollbacks with custom versions","Environment-level budgets","30-day log retention","Unlimited cron jobs"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":250,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"fixed","note":"free monthly compute credit","amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"containers":"5000","deployed_apps":"1000","gpu_concurrency":"50","log_retention_days":"30"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing with volume discounts and compliance features","features":["Unlimited seats","Volume-based pricing discounts","Custom GPU concurrency limits","Embedded ML engineering services","Environment-level budgets","Private Slack support","Audit logs","Okta SSO","HIPAA Business Associate Agreement","Custom log retention"],"commitment":"annual","description":"For organizations prioritizing security, support, and compliance","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"gpu_concurrency":"custom","log_retention_days":"custom"}}],"summary":"Pay-as-you-go based on GPU/CPU seconds and memory used. Starter free tier with $30/month credit; Team at $250/month base; Enterprise custom pricing with compliance options.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://modal.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:18:19.521Z","startingPrice":{"amount":100,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Hobby","features":["Vercel Functions","Image Optimization","Global CDN","Analytics (50k events/mo)"],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"active_cpu":"4 hours/month","image_cache_reads":"300,000/month","image_cache_writes":"100,000/month","provisioned_memory":"360 GB-hours/month","function_invocations":"1 million/month","image_transformations":"5,000/month","speed_insights_events":"10,000 events"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","features":["On-demand compute","Usage credits","Web Analytics Plus","Custom events","Advanced monitoring"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"image_transformations"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"image_cache_reads"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.4,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"analytics_events"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.03,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Global Config Reads","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"reads"},"kind":"fixed","amount":3,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Global Config Writes","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"writes"},"kind":"fixed","amount":5,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Observability Plus","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"events"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.2,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Drains Volume","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.5,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"Free Hobby tier with included limits; Pro with usage-based billing starting from per-unit costs for compute, storage, and analytics","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vercel.com/docs/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T11:07:02.939Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.03,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | high | low |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/edge-runtime%404.0.1","date":"2024-12-03T07:59:45Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-runtime@4.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/edge-runtime%404.0.0","date":"2024-12-02T15:30:53Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-runtime@4.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/vm%405.0.0","date":"2024-12-02T15:31:02Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/vm@5.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/user-agent%403.0.0","date":"2024-12-02T15:30:59Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/user-agent@3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/types%404.0.0","date":"2024-12-02T15:30:56Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/types@4.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/primitives%406.0.0","date":"2024-12-02T15:30:50Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/primitives@6.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/ponyfill%404.0.0","date":"2024-12-02T15:30:47Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/ponyfill@4.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/node-utils%404.0.0","date":"2024-12-02T15:30:41Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/node-utils@4.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/jest-expect%403.0.0","date":"2024-12-02T15:30:38Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/jest-expect@3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/jest-environment%404.0.0","date":"2024-12-02T15:30:35Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/jest-environment@4.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/format%404.0.0","date":"2024-12-02T15:30:44Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/format@4.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/cookies%406.0.0","date":"2024-12-02T15:30:33Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/cookies@6.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/edge-runtime%403.0.5","date":"2024-11-06T12:41:00Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-runtime@3.0.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/edge-runtime%403.0.4","date":"2024-11-06T08:02:19Z","type":"stable","version":"edge-runtime@3.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/vm%404.0.4","date":"2024-11-06T12:41:06Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/vm@4.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/types%403.0.3","date":"2024-11-06T12:41:03Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/types@3.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/primitives%405.1.1","date":"2024-11-06T12:40:57Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/primitives@5.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/jest-environment%403.0.4","date":"2024-11-06T12:40:54Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/jest-environment@3.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/format%403.0.1","date":"2024-11-06T08:02:17Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/format@3.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vercel/edge-runtime/releases/tag/%40edge-runtime/cookies%405.0.2","date":"2024-11-06T08:02:14Z","type":"stable","version":"@edge-runtime/cookies@5.0.2"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | - | 99.99 |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=edge-runtime&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Serverless & Edge Platforms)

| Capability | Modal | Vercel Edge Runtime |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Execution substrate | Container | - |
| Language / runtime breadth | Python | JavaScript, TypeScript, Python; framework-aware for Next.js and other frameworks |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Runs at global edge PoPs | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Scale to zero | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| Cold-start profile | 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 | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:03:30.350Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*