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#1 Modal Alternative Without the Regional Multiplier

Inference without infrastructure code.

Modal charges a 1.5x multiplier for broad regions and 1.75x for narrow regions on top of per-GPU-second billing. Telnyx hosts four frontier models on owned GPUs in the US, EU, and APAC at one per-token rate. No infra code, no regional surcharges.

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Modal vs Telnyx

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Telnyx

Serverless inference lives on Telnyx-owned GPUs in the US, EU, and APAC. In-region by architecture, not a premium tier.

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Modal

Region selection available on all plans across US, EU, AP, UK, and beyond, but all function inputs and outputs route through Modal's us-east-1 control plane regardless of where the code runs. Source: modal.com/pricing

Per-token pricing, no infrastructure to manage

Modal bills per-GPU-second with a 1.5-1.75x non-US regional multiplier on top of plan tiers. Telnyx is per-token on owned GPUs, with cached input bundled, 1M free tokens monthly, and no GPU rental or infrastructure code to manage.

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$0.21Per 1M tokens, first 1M free
DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE

Migrate from Modal in minutes

Modal asks you to wrap inference in Python and ship a deployment. Telnyx is an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Point your existing OpenAI client at Telnyx and run your first request on the same day, no infra code required.

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Python

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_TELNYX_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://api.telnyx.com/v2/ai",
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)

Four frontier models on Telnyx infrastructure

Owned GPUs in the US, EU, and APAC. No cloud markup.

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MODELS4Curated frontier models on owned GPUs.
DEPLOYMENTS3US, EU, and APAC regions.
LOW COST$0.30Per 1M cached tokens, first 1M free.
TOKENS1 MFree tokens monthly, no credit card.
SUPPORT24/7Premium support available.
APIOpenAICompatible API, one-line swap.
AGENT PLATFORM

Infrastructure for AI agents. Every primitive, one platform.

From carrier network to co-located GPU compute, Telnyx owns every layer your agents need to run voice AI and inference in real time. No Frankenstack. No rented infrastructure. One control plane for inference, voice AI, and global communications. Configure once, deploy globally.

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FAQ

Both Telnyx and Modal use OpenAI-compatible endpoints, so you can run them in parallel during migration. Point a percentage of traffic at the Telnyx base URL, validate results, then cut over.