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Google Cloud vs Modal Labs comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (7th)
Modal Labs
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
18th
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 November 2026, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Cloud is 5.1%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Modal Labs is 0.7%, 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 Cloud5.1%
Modal Labs0.7%
Other94.2%
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
AI Engineer at a university with 10,001+ 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

"The solution is just simple and easy for me to configure; it's very easy to work with and navigate through, the user experience is very good, and overall it's very easy to use."
"Google Cloud is 100 percent stable."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud is its security."
"It's available any time you need it."
"Google Cloud has low downtime."
"The automatic sync between my mobile device data and photos to the cloud is the most valuable feature."
"I find Google Cloud to be more manageable and cost-effective compared to other solutions, offering good availability and scalability."
"My customers appreciate all the features that Google Cloud has to offer. They are looking for solutions for computing engines, storage, web hosting, and various other needs. The most useful feature depends on their specific requirements and how they plan to utilize Google Cloud. Each customer has their own unique set of needs and the Google Cloud provides a range of options to meet those needs."
"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

"The initial setup is somewhat more complicated than competing products."
"Its integration with one of the third-party platforms could be better."
"I would improve the integration with other devices such as smartphones. It is integrated in our company, but I think it could be improved."
"Google Cloud could be cheaper."
"I would like to see Google Cloud become more competitive when it comes to price."
"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."
"Monitoring and usage reporting could be improved."
"Google Cloud would benefit from more detailed practical hands-on training especially in your mother tongue, not just English."
"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

"The solution is cheaper than Azure."
"The pricing is rated a six out of ten."
"Google Cloud is quite expensive, and I rate it at seven out of ten."
"The cost might be $10 a month per user, which is about $300 a month in total."
"It has a monthly subscription. The customers pay based on the usage."
"The solution is cheaper than AWS."
"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 price of Google Cloud is affordable compared to others services. I pay monthly for the service."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
University
18%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

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?
I think perhaps the usability of Google Cloud could be one of the things that might get improved. In terms of not having to type the whole instruction I need to input to the system, just maybe some...
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud?
My main use case for Google Cloud would be using the functions and the Vertex AI functionality, so mostly AI research and AI deployment. For my AI research and deployment, I use Vertex AI to extrac...
What advice do you have for others considering Google Cloud?
On a scale of 1 to 10, I rate Google Cloud a nine. I choose nine because it combines a unique set of tools that are actually helpful and impactful on my daily work. Regarding Google Cloud's AI capa...
What needs improvement with Modal Labs?
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. ...
What is your primary use case for Modal Labs?
My main use case for Modal Labs is to accelerate my prototypes because I find it effective. A specific example of a prototype I accelerated using Modal Labs is when I wanted to run evaluations for ...
What advice do you have for others considering Modal Labs?
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, ...
 

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