Alternatives to Modal

These tools sit near Modal. Compare features and pricing before you switch.

Alternatives

E2B: Firecracker microVMs purpose-built for agent exec.
Cloudflare Computer: Edge isolates if you are already on Cloudflare.
OpenAI Agents SDK: Agent runtime. Use Modal under it if you need the sandbox.

Firecracker microVM sandboxes for AI agents. Hobby is $0 plus usage; Pro is $150/month. Open-source SDK on GitHub.

3000000DR: 88AS: 90

Preview MIT agent filesystem on Durable Objects. Not production. Pay Workers usage, not a $0 computer SKU.

50000000DR: 95AS: 95

OpenAI's official Python and TypeScript agent runtime: agents, handoffs, guardrails, sessions, and tracing.

4000000DR: 95AS: 95