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modal.com · Model hosting and inference
SEPT 2026 audit

Serverless GPU compute metered by the second, sold as a monthly platform fee plus whatever the containers actually burn.

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Entry paid plan$0 a month on Starter — the plan carries no fee at all, and $30 of monthly compute is included before anything is billed. The first plan with a monthly fee is Team at $250.
Free tierYes
CategoryModel hosting and inference

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01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Bursty, self-deployed inference where the bill should follow the work. Compute meters per second and per CPU core — a physical core is $0.0000131 per core-second with a 0.125-core minimum — and the H100 hour is $3.95, the cheapest of the four here that publishes one.

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You want a large GPU named with its memory before committing, or support without an Enterprise contract. The page lists B200 and B300 but states VRAM only for the A100 rows, so the ceiling is unpublished; SOC 2, HIPAA, RBAC and SSO are all Enterprise.

Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved

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Modal pricing

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Free tierYes
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    “/ mo free PRICING PLANS Starter $0 + compute / month Built for small teams and independent developers looking to level up. Get started with”

    Read 2026-09-17 · official pricing

Kind of free offerFree credit — $30 of compute a month on Starter, recurring rather than one-off
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    “/ mo free PRICING PLANS Starter $0 + compute / month Built for small teams and independent developers looking to level up. Get started with”

    Read 2026-09-17 · official pricing

Entry paid plan$0 a month on Starter — the plan carries no fee at all, and $30 of monthly compute is included before anything is billed. The first plan with a monthly fee is Team at $250.
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  • Plans and Pricing — Modal ↗

    “/ mo free PRICING PLANS Starter $0 + compute / month Built for small teams and independent developers looking to level up. Get started with”

    Read 2026-09-17 · official pricing

Pricing modelA platform fee plus metered compute, and the fee buys a compute allowance rather than access. Starter is $0 a month and includes $30 of compute; Team is $250 a month and includes $100. Compute is billed per second on top of both.
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    “/ mo free PRICING PLANS Starter $0 + compute / month Built for small teams and independent developers looking to level up. Get started with”

    Read 2026-09-17 · official pricing

GPU

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H100 SXM, per GPU-hour$3.95 per hour for an Nvidia H100 SXM5, published as $0.001097 per second. Modal's own worked example on the same page prices a fleet at $3.95 per GPU-hour.
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  • Plans and Pricing — Modal ↗

    “H200 SXM $0.001261 / sec Nvidia H100 SXM5 $0.001097 / sec Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 $0.000842 / sec Nvidia A100, 80 GB $0.000694 / sec Nvidia A100”

    Read 2026-09-17 · official pricing

Cheapest GPU, per hour$0.59 per hour for an Nvidia T4, published as $0.000164 per second — the cheapest GPU on the resource table.
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  • Plans and Pricing — Modal ↗

    “vidia L4 $0.000222 / sec Nvidia T4 $0.000164 / sec CPU Physical core (2 vCPU equivalent ) $0.0000131 / core / sec *minimum of 0.125 cores pe”

    Read 2026-09-17 · official pricing

Billing granularityPer second, and per CPU core rather than per instance: a physical core is $0.0000131 per core per second with a minimum of 0.125 cores.
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    “vidia L4 $0.000222 / sec Nvidia T4 $0.000164 / sec CPU Physical core (2 vCPU equivalent ) $0.0000131 / core / sec *minimum of 0.125 cores pe”

    Read 2026-09-17 · official pricing

Support

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Support on entry paid planA community Slack on the lower plans; private Slack support and embedded ML engineering services are Enterprise. Support is a plan feature here rather than something every tier carries.
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    “nvironment-level budgets Support via private Slack Audit logs, SAML SSO, and HIPAA Credit grants for startups Early-stage startups can get f”

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Compliance

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SOC 2SOC 2 compliance is listed as an Enterprise-plan feature on the pricing page, alongside HIPAA compatibility, audit logs, RBAC and SSO. No report or certificate is linked from the page itself.
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    “eering services Security SOC 2 compliance HIPAA compatibility Audit logs Static IP proxy RBAC SSO Frequently asked questions How does server”

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HIPAAHIPAA compatibility is listed as an Enterprise-plan feature, grouped with SOC 2 and audit logs. The page says compatibility rather than a signed BAA.
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    “ecurity SOC 2 compliance HIPAA compatibility Audit logs Static IP proxy RBAC SSO Frequently asked questions How does serverless pricing diff”

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