Modal Team Plan Base Price Increased by 150% Amidst Multiple GPU Price Reductions and New Features
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Modal's pricing page, Pulse recorded 12 changes: Starter plan container limit decreased from 1000 to 100; CPU minimum core requirement added: 0.125 cores per container; HIPAA compatibility added to security features; Deployment rollbacks feature added to Starter plan (3 versions); Nvidia L4 GPU compute price decreased from $0.000291/sec to $0.000222/sec (24% decrease); Team plan seats changed from '10 included ($10 per additional seat/month)' to 'Unlimited'; Team plan included compute increased from $30/month to $100/month; Nvidia H100 GPU compute price decreased from $0.002125/sec to $0.001644/sec (23% decrease); Nvidia A100 40GB GPU compute price decreased from $0.001036/sec to $0.000881/sec (15% decrease); Nvidia A100 80GB GPU compute price decreased from $0.001553/sec to $0.001319/sec (15% decrease); Team plan base price increased from $100/month to $250/month (150% increase); CPU compute price decreased from $0.0000533/core/sec to $0.000038/core/sec (29% decrease). Pulse files it as a pricing change (limit decrease, threshold added, feature added, price decrease, feature change, limit increase, price increase) with a neutral 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.
Modal's previous recorded change was "Modal Introduces Region Selection Feature for Team Plan, Enhancing CPU Task Management with Concurrency Limits" (Q2 2024). 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.
- Starter · Limit−90%1000100
- — · LimitAdded
BeforeNo CPU minimum core requirement
AfterCPU minimum core requirement
- — · FeatureAddedNo HIPAA compatibilityHIPAA compatibility
- Starter · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Deployment rollbacks feature
AfterDeployment rollbacks feature
- — · Price−24%$0.000291/sec$0.000222/sec
- Team · FeatureReworded
Before10 included ($10 per additional seat/month)
AfterUnlimited
- Team · Limit+233%$30/month$100/month
- — · Price−23%$0.002125/sec$0.001644/sec
- — · Price−15%$0.001036/sec$0.000881/sec
- — · Price−15%$0.001553/sec$0.001319/sec
- Team · Price+150%$100/month$250/month
- — · Price−29%$0.0000533/core/sec$0.000038/core/sec
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Limit | 1000 | 100 | −90% |
| — | Limit | No CPU minimum core requirement | CPU minimum core requirement | Added |
| — | Feature | No HIPAA compatibility | HIPAA compatibility | Added |
| Starter | Feature | No Deployment rollbacks feature | Deployment rollbacks feature | Added |
| — | Price | $0.000291/sec | $0.000222/sec | −24% |
| Team | Feature | 10 included ($10 per additional seat/month) | Unlimited | Reworded |
| Team | Limit | $30/month | $100/month | +233% |
| — | Price | $0.002125/sec | $0.001644/sec | −23% |
| — | Price | $0.001036/sec | $0.000881/sec | −15% |
| — | Price | $0.001553/sec | $0.001319/sec | −15% |
| Team | Price | $100/month | $250/month | +150% |
| — | Price | $0.0000533/core/sec | $0.000038/core/sec | −29% |
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 Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where price reads $0.000291/sec and then $0.000222/sec.
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Modal, the last 90 days
Full history- Q2 2025improvedModal Introduces Nvidia H200 GPU Compute Option at Competitive $0.001261/sec
- Q1 2025improvedModal Announces Significant Price Reductions Across Multiple GPU and CPU Services, Enhancing Accessibility for Users
- 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 · this change
- Q2 2024improvedModal Introduces Region Selection Feature for Team Plan, Enhancing CPU Task Management with Concurrency Limits
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 October 2024?
No — prices went down. Between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 Modal's pricing page showed 5 price cuts: $0.000291/sec → $0.000222/sec (−24%); $0.002125/sec → $0.001644/sec (−23%); $0.001036/sec → $0.000881/sec (−15%); $0.001553/sec → $0.001319/sec (−15%); $0.0000533/core/sec → $0.000038/core/sec (−29%).
What changed on Modal's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Starter limit: 1000 → 100 (−90%); limit: No CPU minimum core requirement → CPU minimum core requirement, added; feature: No HIPAA compatibility → HIPAA compatibility, added; Starter feature: No Deployment rollbacks feature → Deployment rollbacks feature, added; price: $0.000291/sec → $0.000222/sec (−24%); Team feature: 10 included ($10 per additional seat/month) → Unlimited, reworded; Team limit: $30/month → $100/month (+233%); price: $0.002125/sec → $0.001644/sec (−23%); price: $0.001036/sec → $0.000881/sec (−15%); price: $0.001553/sec → $0.001319/sec (−15%); Team price: $100/month → $250/month (+150%); price: $0.0000533/core/sec → $0.000038/core/sec (−29%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Modal change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Modal in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Modal Introduces Region Selection Feature for Team Plan, Enhancing CPU Task Management with Concurrency Limits" in Q2 2024; Modal has been tracked since 2023-11-14.