Modal vs Namespace

Sandbox Benchmark Comparison · Updated October 30, 2026

Modal
Faster in
0of 1 benchmark
#10 of 31 in Sandbox Provider Rating
vs
Namespace
Faster in
1of 1 benchmark
#20 of 31 in Sandbox Provider Rating

Namespace was faster in the only shared sandbox benchmark.

Head to head

  • DAXTotal workload time · lower is better
    Namespace faster2.28x
    Modal
    105.55s
    Namespace
    46.21s

DAX

October 30, 2026
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Modal

100% success
Median
105.55s
Modal DAX results

Namespace

100% success
Median
46.21s
Namespace DAX results

Median total workload time over time

12 runs · July 21, 2026 to October 30, 2026
ModalNamespace

Cost per DAX run

Modal

Per-second, max(request, actual)
$0.028per run
105.55s median at $0.9518/hr

Sandbox rate $0.00003942/core-s (4 cores = 8 vCPU) + $0.00000667/GiB-s. Regional multipliers (1.25–2.5x) not included.

Source pricing page

Namespace

Per-minute unit minutes
$0.012per run
46.21s median at $0.7200/hr

8 vCPU/16 GB shape = 8 unit-min/min at the pay-as-you-go rate of $0.0015/unit-min. Team/Business plans include prepaid minutes at an effective $0.001/unit-min ($0.48/hr). Bills in 1-minute minimums with 15-second rounding.

Source pricing page
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Methodology

  • One workload, every provider. The same script, payload, and model hit every provider, addressed the way its own API expects. Nobody gets a tuned or special path.
  • Repeated on a schedule. Every suite runs many iterations per provider, automated on a recurring schedule, so results reflect steady state rather than one lucky request.
  • Raw results published. Every run is committed as JSON to the public benchmarks repo, next to the code that produced it. Nothing is cherry-picked or held back.
  • How this comparison is built. Each benchmark compares the two providers' medians; results within 5% count as roughly even. A comparison is published when both providers have at least one successful run in the same benchmark from the last 30 days. A benchmark only gets a verdict when both providers completed at least 50% of its runs. If a provider’s latest run of a benchmark failed, its most recent successful run from that window is used instead.
Read the full methodology →Raw results on GitHub ↗

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Namespace was faster in the only shared sandbox benchmark. In DAX (October 30, 2026), Namespace had a median total workload time of 46.21s versus 105.55s for Modal, 2.28x faster.

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