Krova Cloud vs Modal

Krova Cloud costs $0.001 per vCPU-hour and Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. Krova Cloud runs Firecracker microVMs and has no session limit. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Krova Cloud

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
$5 credit, one time
Max session
No limit

Modal

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

What is different

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

Krova Cloud
Modal
vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Modal: $0.024012
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Modal: $30 credit every month
Max session
Krova Cloud: No limit
Modal: 24 hours
Isolation
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
Modal: gVisor
SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code, LangChain

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Krova Cloud: $0.001
Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour
Krova Cloud: $0.0025
Modal: $0.024012
Storage
Krova Cloud: $0.00005 per GiB-hour
Modal: Not listed
Free tier
Krova Cloud: $5 credit, one time
Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from
Krova Cloud: Pay as you go
Modal: Pay as you go
Billing
Krova Cloud: Per second
Modal: Per second

Limits

Max session
Krova Cloud: No limit
Modal: 24 hours
Idle stop
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Modal: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Krova Cloud: 16 vCPU · 32 GiB
Modal: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Modal: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Krova Cloud: Firecracker microVM
Modal: gVisor
GPU
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Modal:
Snapshots
Krova Cloud:
Modal:
Pause and resume
Krova Cloud:
Modal: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Krova Cloud: JavaScript / TypeScript
Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Krova Cloud: MCP, Claude Code
Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code, LangChain

Trust

License
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Modal: Not listed
BYOC
Krova Cloud: Not listed
Modal: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Krova Cloud
Modal
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.006
Modal: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.012
Modal: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Krova Cloud: $0.024
Modal: $0.476

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Krova Cloud fits when

  • A session must run longer than 24 hours.
  • You want each sandbox in its own microVM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.012 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.

Modal fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK or LangChain.
  • You want the larger free credit: $30 against $5.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.

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