Modal
Free tierHigh-performance AI infrastructure with sub-second cold starts and instant autoscaling
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Recent changes
- Starting price: $30/mo → $0/mo
- Plans updated: Starter plan is $0 + compute/month (includes $30/month free credits, 3 seats, 100 containers, 10 GPU concurrency). Team plan is $250 + compute/month (includes $100/month free credits, unlimited seats, 5000 containers, 50 GPU concurrency). Enterprise is custom pricing. Compute billed per second: e.g. H100 SXM5 at $0.001097/sec, CPU at $0.0000131/core/sec, Memory at $0.00000222/GiB/sec.
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Documentation & Developer Resources
Modal exposes a Python SDK and REST API as the primary interfaces for defining and deploying workloads. Infrastructure is declared in code — compute requirements, container images, secrets, schedules, and scaling behavior are all specified programmatically.
Integration surface:
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Observability | Datadog, OpenTelemetry |
| Identity | Okta |
| Cloud Marketplaces | AWS Marketplace, GCP Marketplace |
| API | Available (programmatic control of deployments) |
| Open Source | Yes — client SDK on GitHub (1,282 stars) |
Plan-level limits relevant to architecture decisions:
- Starter (free): 100 max containers, 10 GPU concurrency, 3 seats
- Team ($250 + compute/month): 5,000 max containers, 50 GPU concurrency, unlimited seats
- Enterprise: Custom limits and SLAs
Compute pricing reference:
- H100 SXM5:
$0.001097/sec - CPU:
$0.0000131/core/sec - Memory:
$0.00000222/GiB/sec
All compute is billed per second. SOC 2 Type II compliance and HIPAA readiness are available for teams with regulated data requirements.