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Celesto vs Modal

Two code sandboxes tools for AI agents, side by side. Facts come from each tool's own site.

Celesto

celesto.ai

Hardware-isolated cloud computers for AI agents, with browser, desktop, shell and file access, pause, resume and forking, via CLI and SDK; Apache-2.0 microVM core you can self-host.

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Modal

modal.com

Serverless cloud for running, training, and serving AI workloads, including sandboxes.

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Celesto compared with Modal
CelestoModal
What it doesHardware-isolated cloud computers for AI agents, with browser, desktop, shell and file access, pause, resume and forking, via CLI and SDK; Apache-2.0 microVM core you can self-host.Serverless cloud for running, training, and serving AI workloads, including sandboxes.
In their wordsCelesto: Build agents. Give them real computers.Modal: The platform for production AI
Open sourceYesNo
Websitecelesto.aimodal.com
Link checked2026-10-202026-10-20

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