Modal Launches SSO Feature, Expands Startup Credits to Academic Researchers, and Introduces Nvidia H100 GPU at $0.002125/sec
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024 captures of Modal's pricing page, Pulse recorded 6 changes: Nvidia H100 GPU added to compute options at $0.002125/sec; Starter plan metric renamed from 'CPU concurrency' to 'containers' (1000 limit remains); New section added: 'Use committed cloud spend on Modal' - support for AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI commits; Support via private Slack moved from Team plan to Enterprise plan bullet points; Startup credits program expanded to include academic researchers (from 'early-stage startup' only); SSO feature launched (changed from 'Coming Soon' to available). Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, metric change, feature change, freemium change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 5, 2026) lists Team at $250, Compute resources at $1.1 NVIDIA A10G instance hour + $1.95 L40S GPU hour and Sandbox + Notebooks compute at $2.4 per 100 GiB-Hour + $14.19 per 100 core-hours.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Modal. Modal has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Huggingface also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · FeatureAddedNo Nvidia H100 GPUNvidia H100 GPU
- Starter · Pricing modelRewordedCPU concurrencycontainers
- — · FeatureAddedNo sectionsection
- Team, Enterprise · FeatureChanged
BeforeTeam plan
AfterEnterprise plan bullet points
- — · Free tierFreemium change
Startup credits program expanded to include academic researchers (from 'early-stage startup' only)
- — · FeatureChanged'Coming Soon'available
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | No Nvidia H100 GPU | Nvidia H100 GPU | Added |
| Starter | Pricing model | CPU concurrency | containers | Reworded |
| — | Feature | No section | section | Added |
| Team, Enterprise | Feature | Team plan | Enterprise plan bullet points | Changed |
| — | Free tier | Startup credits program expanded to include academic researchers (from 'early-stage startup' only) | Freemium change | |
| — | Feature | 'Coming Soon' | available | Changed |
Values as written on Modal's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Modal's pricing page (modal.com) from Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where Nvidia H100 GPU now appears.
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Modal, pricing history
Full history- Q4 2024decreaseModal Announces Major Price Drop: Nvidia H100 GPU Now at $0.001267/sec, a 23% Reduction
- Q3 2024decreaseModal Team Plan Base Price Increased by 150% Amidst Multiple GPU Price Reductions and New Features
- Q2 2024improvedModal Introduces Region Selection Feature for Team Plan, Enhancing CPU Task Management with Concurrency Limits
- Q1 2024improvedModal Launches SSO Feature, Expands Startup Credits to Academic Researchers, and Introduces Nvidia H100 GPU at $0.002125/sec · this change
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- HuggingfaceJan 14Huggingface Introduces Cost-Effective AWS NVIDIA H100 Inference Endpoints at $4.50/hour, Reducing Prices from GCP's $10.00/hour
- HuggingfaceJan 14Huggingface Announces Major Price Drop: 4x Nvidia A10G-large Spaces Hardware Reduced by 54% to $5.00/hour
- HuggingfaceJan 14Huggingface Reduces GCP NVIDIA A100 Inference Endpoint Prices by 40% to $3.60/hour, Delivering Significant Cost Savings
- HuggingfaceJan 14Huggingface Introduces New Team Plan and Upgrades PRO Features Amid Significant Price Decrease for A100 Hardware
- HuggingfaceJan 14Huggingface Introduces 8x Nvidia H100 GPU Option for Spaces Hardware, Significantly Enhancing Compute Capacity
Questions about this change
Did Modal raise prices in April 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, metric change, feature change, freemium change.
What changed on Modal's pricing page between Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024?
Feature: No Nvidia H100 GPU → Nvidia H100 GPU, added; Starter pricing model: CPU concurrency → containers, reworded; feature: No section → section, added; Team, Enterprise feature: Team plan → Enterprise plan bullet points, changed; Startup credits program expanded to include academic researchers (from 'early-stage startup' only); feature: 'Coming Soon' → available, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Modal change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Modal in the 90 days before this one; Modal has been tracked since 2023-11-14.