Domino Data LabThe enterprise AI platform to build, scale, and govern AI-powered applications

ModalCloud infrastructure for teams that develop, train, and serve AI applications at scale.

Comparison · MLOps Platforms · weekly run Nov 2

Domino Data Lab vs Modal

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Domino Data Lab is the stronger AI pick in MLOps Platforms: it has a visibility score of 5.6 versus 1.3 for Modal, and ranks ahead in 0% of the answers that name both.

Choose Domino Data Lab if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (5.6 vs 1.3)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need ISO 27001 or ISO 9001 or SOC 2 or GDPR coverage
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than usage-based

Choose Modal if…

You want a free plan to start
You need SOC 2 Type II coverage
Usage-based pricing suits your budget better than flat tiers
Strong for scaling cutting-edge generative AI and multi-modal models

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Domino Data Lab	Modal
Visibility score	5.6%	1.3%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in MLOps Platforms	#15	#36
Share of voice	2.5%	0.5%
Mentions this run	17	3
Positive in AI answers	35%	—

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Domino Data Lab 0pp · Modal 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Domino Data Lab leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

7.8%

AI Mode

4.3%

3.9%

Perplexity

4.8%

Domino Data LabModal

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

0Domino Data Lab ranked higher

2Modal ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Domino Data Lab	Modal
What are the best MLOps Platforms tools in 2026?	AI Mode	#7	#5
Best MLOps platform for enterprise	AI Mode	#8	#7

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Domino Data Lab	Modal
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Usage-based
Entry price	Contact sales	Free; paid from $250 / mo
Free plan	No	Yes
Deployment	Single-tenant managed SaaS (Domino Cloud), or self-managed in the customer's VPC or on-premises, with hybrid and multicloud operation via Domino Nexus. Runs on Kubernetes.	Serverless cloud capacity pooled from more than 20 cloud providers, with regions across the US, Europe, Asia Pacific and other areas.
Compliance	ISO 27001, ISO 9001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR	SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA
Support	Premium support with 2 business day response for non-urgent issues and 2 hour response for urgent issues, Enterprise support with 1 business day response for non-urgent issues and 1 hour response for urgent issues, Designated customer success manager on Enterprise plans, Security team available 24/7 for enterprise customers	Modal Community Slack on Starter and Team plans, Private Slack support and embedded ML engineering services on Enterprise
Founded	2013	2021
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA	New York City, NY, United States
Employees	201–500	201–500
Funding	Strategic equity investment from UBS · $228M raised	Series D · $1200M raised
Best for	Large enterprises in regulated industries such as life sciences, financial services and the public sector, especially code-first data science teams.	Startups, independent developers and larger teams that run GPU inference, fine-tuning or agent sandboxes and want to pay only for compute used.