Modal

Modal is a serverless Python platform built for AI, data, and compute-intensive workloads at scale.

Key Features:

• Sub-Second Cold Starts — Launch containers instantly for responsive, on-demand scraping jobs.
• Native Browser Support — Run headless Playwright and Chromium browsers directly in serverless functions.
• GPU Access — Scale from CPU scraping to GPU-powered AI processing without infrastructure changes.
• Built-In Scheduling — Schedule recurring scraping jobs with cron-like triggers.
• Python-Native — Define infrastructure as Python code with decorators, no YAML or config files.

Whether you're running browser-based scrapers, processing extracted data with AI, or building batch pipelines, Modal provides serverless scale with a developer experience that feels local.