Modal

Serverless cloud for AI apps: run Python functions, sandboxes, inference and training on GPUs and CPUs billed per second. Starter plan $0 with $30 of compute included each month.

Pricing
Usage-based
Use cases
Data, APIs & InfraCoding & App Builders
Official site
https://modal.com

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