Modal vs HOL Guard

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Modal compared with HOL Guard
Detail	Modal	HOL Guard
What it does	The platform for production AI	Runtime security layer that stops risky AI actions before they execute
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	US	Not given
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Pricing	Starter plan is free with $30/month compute credits. Team plan is $250/month plus compute. Enterprise plan is custom. Compute is billed per second for CPU, GPU, and memory with no charges for idle time.	Free plan: Local Guard runtime with real-time approval prompts and local audit log. Solo $4.99/mo: adds 2 cloud-connected devices and 30-day cloud retention. Pro $15/mo: adds 5 cloud-connected devices, 180-day retention, and policy versioning. Team $30/seat/mo: up to 25 cloud-connected devices, 365-
Key features	Serve LLMs, image, video, and audio models Isolated environments for coding agents and RL rollouts Fine-tune and train models on GPUs Autoscale compute from zero to thousands of GPUs Distributed storage for models and weights Global capacity across 20+ clouds Serverless functions with HTTPS endpoints Out-of-the-box observability and logs	Surface-specific pre-action interception Policy routing with allow, observe, ask, and block outcomes Local review and evidence workflows MCP, skill, plugin, and package inspection Layered local and team policy Open source runtime under Apache-2.0 Offline local protection without cloud connectivity Continuous GitHub leaked-secret monitoring Decision audit trail and export Support for multiple AI coding agents
What makes it different	Custom infrastructure built for AI including container runtime, storage, and scheduler Sub-second container startup times for GPU workloads Pay only by the second with no idle charges Programmatically create millions of concurrent sandboxes	Open-source core runtime runs locally without cloud requirement Protects against secrets, destructive commands, prompt injection, and supply chain attacks No source code or secrets uploaded; decisions stored as redacted summaries
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	80 no change since last check	48 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	33	27
Citation Flow (Majestic)	53	44
Referring domains (Majestic)	6174	735

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