Modal vs Tensorlake
Sandbox Benchmark Comparison · Updated October 30, 2026
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Modal and Tensorlake were each faster in 1 of 2 shared sandbox benchmarks.
Head to head
Burst TTI
Median time to interactive over time
ModalTensorlake
Median total workload time over time
ModalTensorlake
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 pageTensorlake
Active CPU + allocated RAM$0.017per run
78.16s median at $0.8000/hr
$0.07/core-hr active CPU + $0.015/GB-hr RAM (on-demand rates; Pro is ~40% lower).
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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 only when both providers completed at least 50% of runs in 2 or more shared benchmarks run in the last 30 days. If a provider’s latest run of a benchmark failed, its most recent successful run from that window is used instead.
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Modal and Tensorlake were each faster in 1 of 2 shared sandbox benchmarks. In Burst TTI (October 30, 2026), Modal had a median time to interactive of 751ms versus 1.03s for Tensorlake, 1.37x faster. In DAX (October 23, 2026), Tensorlake had a median total workload time of 78.16s versus 105.55s for Modal, 1.35x faster.
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