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Google Cloud vs Modal Labs comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (4th)
Modal Labs
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
22nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
2.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Cloud is 4.4%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Modal Labs is 0.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Google Cloud4.4%
Modal Labs0.8%
Other94.8%
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

AnjaneyaVara Prasad - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Cloud services have reduced on‑prem hardware costs and now support flexible microservices workloads
Regarding potential areas of improvement for Google Cloud, considering that they are providing 300 plus services, some services could be improved. For example, if I am facing some network troubleshooting issue in GKE in Google Cloud, I have to dig deeply and enable some special logs, such as flow logs. To enable that, it is chargeable. At least for basic services, they should give end-to-end support. In terms of end-to-end support, if I am purchasing one firewall from Google and using that firewall, all firewall-related services should be free. If I want to troubleshoot something deep and perform deep troubleshooting, you have to enable some additional logs. That is not that good. If I have to enable additional logs and want to store them into Google Cloud storage, which is similar to an S3 bucket, it is again chargeable. Those kinds of things should be given as part of the package. If you take firewall, all firewall-related logs, activities, and diagnostics everything should come as one package. If you want to do some deep analysis, you have to enable these logs, and for that you have to store them in the cloud storage, which is again chargeable. We should not have those kinds of things.Regarding additional costs, it can vary case by case. If I want to do deep analysis, I have to enable some logs, and for those logs, Google is charging. I am already paying for my virtual firewall from Google, and I am paying the cost for that. If I want to do some further troubleshooting and enable some low-level logs, they are charging for that. So these are the kinds of things I am talking about. To do very deep-level troubleshooting and enable additional logs, they will be charging. Not only Google, but all clouds are charging for this. Functionality-wise, Google Cloud is fine. In terms of virtual machine deployment or VM instance, the functionality is good.
reviewer2855421 - PeerSpot reviewer
Research Engineer at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
Low-friction compute has accelerated my prototyping and supports fast code evaluation runs
I don't have anything else to add about my main use case or how Modal Labs fits into my workflow. I don't want to add anything else about the features. I don't measure my outcomes with Modal Labs, but my experience has been pretty good for use cases where other providers, which usually involve renting out the full VM, is too much of a high-friction option. This being low-friction is valuable. I have no comments regarding Modal Labs's AI capabilities, specifically about its governance and security because I haven't used it in that context. Regarding Modal Labs's AI capabilities, I find its accuracy and reliability of output to be extremely reliable. I don't think there is anything to improve regarding accuracy because it is a provider. I use Modal Labs for experimentation on and off, and I do not properly deploy it. I did not purchase Modal Labs through the AWS Marketplace. I used the free tier. My advice to others looking into using Modal Labs is to try it, as they have thirty dollars of free credits every month. I give Modal Labs an overall rating of eight.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I have found almost everything valuable, as most cloud products are moving in this direction, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, and security."
"The solution can scale as well."
"The solution is simple to use on the web, and makes things easy for a software developer."
"It is stable. It is easy to learn and very straightforward."
"Google Cloud is very user-friendly."
"The solution can scale."
"The scalability is awesome, we don't have to do the heavy lifting of maintaining the infrastructure or anything, as everything is bundled up by Google."
"The customer service team for this solution is very knowledgeable."
"Modal Labs has positively impacted my organization and my work because I don't think there is any other provider that lets me attach it as functions, and I think it fits my workflow more naturally."
 

Cons

"My only concern is that a number of the offerings are built on their own proprietary technologies which means means that, with respect to the offerings in Google Cloud, it's difficult to have a path to migrate to other cloud providers."
"The solution could be a bit cheaper."
"They could always offer even more storage at the base level."
"The price can be lowered significantly."
"Google Cloud could be cheaper."
"Microsoft's solution is more common, Google Cloud could improve by being more compatible with different platforms or entities."
"I would like for this solution to improve its user interface and documentation."
"They need to improve the costing for predictive analytics, which is mainly related to the tools that come with AI. They also need to improve the BigQuery cost optimization and the visualization."
"Modal Labs could be improved by not charging for the building of containers, as it turns out to be more expensive for certain use cases like mine where I have to try out many different containers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the tool's price as an eight."
"The best part of Google Cloud is that it is cheaper than the competitors."
"I don't pay for the license. For me, it's completely free."
"Google Cloud should be divided into modules so that users can buy which module will satisfy them. The overall price of Google Cloud should be reduced, Microsoft is a little bit cheaper. However, if Google divided the cloud offering it would be better. For example, if someone wants to use only for OneDrive they should be able to purchase the service separately, it would reduce the price. There is a license required to use this solution for enterprises. There is a free account, which the users can increase the size of the space. Google cloud is used in most Android Mobile device operating systems."
"The solution is cheaper than AWS."
"Pricing is high compared to other solutions."
"The licensing for Google Cloud seems to be quite cheap and they're actually quite reasonable in comparison to Azure, which, as it turns out, is quite expensive. Even though Azure has a data center in South Africa it's still quite costly. There's no scaling, so if you go with the VM, you pay 2500 Rand. When you add another VM, it's another 2500 Rand even though you don't use the whole thing. With Google, you can go up as incrementally as you need to, even if it's just 30 Rand."
"The solution is cheaper than Azure."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
University
6%
University
19%
Construction Company
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Educational Organization
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise38
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Google Cloud?
Regarding potential areas of improvement for Google Cloud, considering that they are providing 300 plus services, some services could be improved. For example, if I am facing some network troublesh...
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud?
The main requirement from my clients to Google Cloud is to reduce the on-prem footprint or to minimize the maintenance cost of the on-prem data center. Those who are looking for a scalable solution...
What advice do you have for others considering Google Cloud?
The AutoML feature of Google Cloud is really good. Google is providing good AI features. We have been leveraging ServiceNow integration through API. Whatever knowledge base articles are stored in S...
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Overview

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