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Modal pricing
Modal publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Usage-based
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Yes
Modal plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 2 | Entry tier |
| Team | Free | 3 | +$0/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers $30/month credits, community support.
Team
FreeOver Free, this tier adds:
- Pay for compute
- Team features
- Priority support
Where Modal stops being free
Free, Free
- $30/month credits
- Community support
No paid tier on record
Modal lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Modal feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Serverless GPUs
- Python functions
- Auto-scaling
- Fast cold starts
Integrations
- Python SDK
- GitHub Actions
- Cloud storage
Platform
- Cloud support
- Api support
People bring Modal in for running serverless gpu workloads for model inference and training, executing python functions on cloud compute without managing servers. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Modal are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for Modal
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between Free and Free, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Modal runs on cloud, api, and is published by Modal Labs of San Francisco, California. The full record is on the Modal review.
Modal pricing questions
- How much does Modal cost?
- Modal publishes 2 tiers, from Free for Free up to Free for Team. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Modal have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers $30/month credits, community support.
- What is the difference between Free and Team on Modal?
- Team costs Free against Free, and adds pay for compute, team features, priority support.
- What am I actually paying for with Modal?
- The record lists 9 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for running serverless gpu workloads for model inference and training, executing python functions on cloud compute without managing servers.
- Does Modal charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Modal prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Modal against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Modal to make a useful price comparison.