inis.run vs Modal

Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. inis.run runs full VMs and has no session limit. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

inis.run

Isolated Linux sandboxes for AI-generated code.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required
Max session: No limit

Visit site inis.run profile

Modal

Serverless compute with sandboxes and GPUs.

Isolation: gVisor
Free tier: $30 credit every month
Max session: 24 hours

Visit site Modal profile

What is different

8 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

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inis.run

Modal

RAM, per GiB-hour: inis.run: Included; Modal: $0.024012
Free tier: inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required; Modal: $30 credit every month
Billing: inis.run: Bundled machine time; Modal: Per second
Max session: inis.run: No limit; Modal: 24 hours
Isolation: inis.run: Full VM; Modal: gVisor
GPU: inis.run: No; Modal:
SDKs: inis.run: Python, TypeScript; Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP; Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: inis.run: Not listed; Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour: inis.run: Included; Modal: $0.024012
Storage: inis.run: Paused sessions are billed for storage, not compute; Modal: Not listed
Free tier: inis.run: €1.00 free trial credit, no card required; Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from: inis.run: Pay as you go; Modal: Pay as you go
Billing: inis.run: Bundled machine time; Modal: Per second

Limits

Max session: inis.run: No limit; Modal: 24 hours
Idle stop: inis.run: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Largest sandbox: inis.run: 4 vCPU · 8 GiB; Modal: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: inis.run: Up to 10; Modal: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: inis.run: Full VM; Modal: gVisor
GPU: inis.run: No; Modal:
Snapshots: inis.run:; Modal:
Pause and resume: inis.run:; Modal: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: inis.run: Python, TypeScript; Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: inis.run: Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP; Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License: inis.run: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
BYOC: inis.run: In your cloud account, by quote; Modal: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

inis.run

Modal

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: inis.run: Not listed; Modal: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: inis.run: Not listed; Modal: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: inis.run: Not listed; Modal: $0.476

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

inis.run fits when

A session must run longer than 24 hours.
You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the Vercel AI SDK, LangChain, the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
You need pause and resume.

Modal fits when

You need GPUs.
You use the Claude Agent SDK or Claude Code.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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