Google Cloud Functions vs. Modal

Google Cloud Functions

Modal

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Google Cloud Functions	Score 8.7 out of 10	N/A	Google Cloud Functions enables users to run code in the cloud with no servers or containers to manage. Cloud Functions is a scalable, pay-as-you-go functions as a service (FaaS) product to help build and connect event driven services with simple, single purpose code.	N/A
Modal	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	Modal offers instant GPU access, sub-second container starts, and native storage, so it's simple to serve low-latency inference, fine-tune models, and access production-ready sandboxes at scale.	N/A

Pricing

Google Cloud Functions

Modal

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Google Cloud Functions	Modal
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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Features

Google Cloud Functions

Modal

Access Control and Security

Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
	Google Cloud Functions 7.5 2 Ratings 12% below category average	Modal - Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)	7.52 Ratings	00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)	7.52 Ratings	00 Ratings

Reporting & Analytics

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	Google Cloud Functions 7.5 2 Ratings 13% above category average	Modal - Ratings
Dashboards	7.52 Ratings	00 Ratings
Standard reports	7.52 Ratings	00 Ratings
Custom reports	7.52 Ratings	00 Ratings

Function as a Service (FaaS)

Comparison of Function as a Service (FaaS) features of Product A and Product B
	Google Cloud Functions 7.4 2 Ratings 12% below category average	Modal - Ratings
Programming Language Diversity	7.02 Ratings	00 Ratings
Runtime API Authoring	6.52 Ratings	00 Ratings
Function/Database Integration	8.52 Ratings	00 Ratings
DevOps Stack Integration	7.52 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Google Cloud Functions	Modal
Small Businesses	AWS Lambda Score 8.3 out of 10	AWS Lambda Score 8.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Red Hat OpenShift Score 9.1 out of 10	Red Hat OpenShift Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises	Red Hat OpenShift Score 9.1 out of 10	Red Hat OpenShift Score 9.1 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Google Cloud Functions	Modal
Likelihood to Recommend	8.7 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Google Cloud Functions	Modal
Likelihood to Recommend	Google Any sort of transaction or complex logic that is going to take longer than 250ms or accesses resources that are protected by permissions, secrets, etc. is a great use case for a GCF. Some sort of "helper function" associated strictly with the UI inside browser would not be a good application of a GCF. It would not be crazy to create/debug some fairly complicated logic inside the browser/IDE and when perfected package it up as a Google Cloud Function. I have done that many times. Incentivized Roland Alden co-founder Read full review	Modal Labs No answers on this topic
Pros	Google integration with oAuth integration with Firebase integration with React Frontend Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Modal Labs No answers on this topic
Cons	Google Needing a zip file is problematic (when wanting to automate deployment for example). Requires another solution to execute automatically (ex. cloud scheduler). Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Modal Labs No answers on this topic
Usability	Google The console UI is pretty nasty. Managing various authentication/permissions configurations is just a nightmare. On the other hand, once you are over the hump it's not so bad. AWS Lambda is no better. Incentivized Roland Alden co-founder Read full review	Modal Labs No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Google Documentation is provided and clear for this service. Although GCP support is included in the current contract we didn't get to use it since the process is pretty straightforward. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Modal Labs No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Google It is easier to keep everything in house when we are using GCP or AWS. To mix Lambda with google cloud is not a best practice and will cause problems ahead. The segmentation is clear, if you are using google, you use Google Cloud Functions. if you are on Amazon, you use all AWS tools. You can't mix them. The price is set. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Modal Labs No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Google For training purposes, it is free Budgeting makes it cap the use monitoring makes it predictable Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Modal Labs No answers on this topic
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