Pick Modal if
python teams with spiky GPU/CPU jobs who will read a per-second table.
Read the Modal pageModal vs SkyPilot
Our take
Pick Modal if python teams with spiky GPU/CPU jobs who will read a per-second table. Pick SkyPilot if mL infra teams who already have GPUs or cloud accounts and will run sky launch (or the Hello Sky notebook), not a team looking for a $20 chat plan. Skip Modal if people who want a hosted chat playground (Together AI) or a one-click image studio (Replicate).
Best for
Modal Run a containerized function on burst GPUs
SkyPilot Run training or inference on infra you already pay
Free plan
Modal $0 · / month + compute. Up to 3 seats. Included compute $30 / month. 1-day logs. 5 deployed crons
SkyPilot $0 · you pay AWS / GCP / RunPod / the Kubernetes bill
Lowest paid
Modal CPU $0.0000131/mo
SkyPilot Not published by the vendor
Next step up
Modal Example GPU list (per second) $0.001097
SkyPilot
Runs where
Modal
SkyPilot Hosted
Watch out
Modal $0 is the seat, not the GPU
SkyPilot You bring the GPU
Last checked
Modal 2026-10-21 · modal.com/pricing
SkyPilot 2026-10-22 · github.com/skypilot-org/skypilot/blob
Which one, then?
Pick SkyPilot if
mL infra teams who already have GPUs or cloud accounts and will run sky launch (or the Hello Sky notebook), not a team looking for a $20 chat plan.
Read the SkyPilot page