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title: "Modal"
description: "Run Phoenix code evaluators in Modal's serverless container platform."
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[**Modal**](https://modal.com/) is a serverless container platform with sub-second cold starts and Python-first ergonomics. Phoenix uses Modal as a hosted backend for Python [code evaluators](/docs/phoenix/evaluation/server-evals/code-evaluators) that benefit from Modal's fast container scheduling, generous timeouts, and pay-per-execution pricing.

## Configure

1. Sign up at [modal.com](https://modal.com/) and create a token pair.
2. Add `MODAL_TOKEN_ID` and `MODAL_TOKEN_SECRET` from **Settings → Sandboxes**.

See [Settings → Sandboxes → Modal](/docs/phoenix/settings/sandboxes/modal) for full configuration details and [Sandbox Backends](/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/features/sandbox-runtimes) for self-hosting setup.
