Modal and Datalab: Deploy Marker and Surya Document Intelligence in Under 5 Minutes

Modal has partnered with Datalab to let developers deploy the Marker document-parsing model and Surya OCR toolkit on Modal GPUs in under five minutes. Marker is a sub-billion-parameter model supporting over 90 languages, and running it on Modal reaches about 2.2 pages per second per container, roughly 10x the 0.22 pages per second on an M4 Mac using Apple MPS. Datalab's tools stay free for research, personal use, and startups under $2M in funding or revenue, with commercial licensing available.