Identity & Authority: Modal – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

Modal

(https://modal.com) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 24, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
11 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
73% Reputation

Authority gaps are present but minor. The site lacks Person schema or sameAs links for its founding team, and the Organization schema is basic WebSite markup. While the technical content establishes authority through depth (mentioning gRPC APIs and gVisor), the lack of structured identity data for its ‘experts’ prevents a perfect score in this pillar.

There is no disconnect between marketing tone and technical demonstration. Claims of speed are backed by technical explanations of ‘sub-second cold starts’ and ‘fast pull from registry.’ The performance claims are not vague assertions but are tied to specific hardware configurations and named customer outcomes.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "WebSite",
    "name": "Modal",
    "url": "https://modal.com/"
}
/signup/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/docs/guide/security/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/customers/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
4Review mentions (all pages)
0External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 0 0
/signup/ 0 0
/docs/guide/security/ 3 0
/customers/ 1 0