CircleCI
Deliver production-ready software at AI speed
30,000 credits / month free
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8 Best Modal Alternatives in 2026
Looking for alternatives to Modal? Below are 8 tools that do a similar job, compared on the details that decide whether you can actually use them: the size of the free allowance, whether a credit card is required, and whether the output is watermarked. Modal itself we have not found a confirmed free allowance, and we have not confirmed the credit-card requirement.
Modal at a glance
Bring your own code, and run CPU, GPU, and data-intensive compute at scale
Easy start 0/3
Read the full Modal review →Comparison
Hover over any tool name for its page. Blank cells mean we have not confirmed that detail yet.
| Tool | Free tier | Card | Watermark | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modalthis tool | — | — | — | Not published |
| CircleCI | 30000 credit a month | Not required | — | Not published |
| New Relic | Yes | Not required | — | Not published |
| Ansible | Yes | — | — | Not published |
| Dynatrace | 15-day trial | Not required | — | Not published |
| PagerDuty | Yes | — | — | Not published |
| Qovery | 14-day trial | Not required | — | Not published |
| Resolve AI | — | — | — | Not published |
| Rootly | — | — | — | Not published |
Alternatives in detail
New Relic
New Relic is an AI-powered observability platform that correlates your telemetry across your entire stack, so you can is
Free plan
No CCAuto-renews
Easy start 2/3Open site
Ansible
Ansible Collaborative
Free plan
Auto-renews
Easy start 1/3Open site
Dynatrace
Innovate faster, operate more efficiently, and drive better business outcomes with observability, AI, automation, and ap
15-day free trial
No CCAuto-renews
Easy start 1/3Open site
PagerDuty
Turn incidents into intelligence
Free plan
Auto-renews
Easy start 1/3Open site
Qovery
An infrastructure control plane for platform teams and their coding agents - Claude Code, Cursor, Codex
14-day free trial
No CCAuto-renews
Easy start 1/3Open site
Resolve AI
Goes on-call on your behalf and autonomously resolves incidents
Pricing hidden
Details uncheckedOpen site
Rootly
Rootly — AI tool
Pricing hidden
Details uncheckedOpen site
Questions about these alternatives
- Is there a free alternative to Modal?
- Yes. 4 of the 8 alternatives listed here have a confirmed free tier. Use the comparison table above to see the exact free allowance for each one.
- Which Modal alternatives do not require a credit card?
- 4 alternatives confirm that no credit card is required to start. Check the “Card” column — entries marked “Not required” can be used without payment details.
- What is the best free Modal alternative?
- The best free alternative depends on your workflow. The table is sorted by how easy each tool is to start (free tier, no card, no watermark). CircleCI scores 2 out of 3 and is the strongest free option we have verified.
- Can I use Modal alternatives for commercial work?
- Some alternatives allow commercial use on their free tier. Look for the watermark and licensing details on each tool's page — we only mark commercial use when the vendor's own terms confirm it.