Modal Announces Major Price Drop: Nvidia H100 GPU Now at $0.001267/sec, a 23% Reduction
What happened
Between the Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025 captures of Modal's pricing page, Pulse recorded 6 changes: Deployed apps metric added to comparison table with limits: Starter 200, Team 1000, Enterprise 1000; Nvidia A100 80GB GPU price decreased from $0.001319/sec to $0.000944/sec (28% decrease); CPU Physical core price decreased from $0.0000533/core/sec to $0.000038/core/sec (29% decrease); Nvidia L40S GPU added to compute offerings at $0.000542/sec; Nvidia A100 40GB GPU price decreased from $0.000881/sec to $0.000772/sec (12% decrease); Nvidia H100 GPU price decreased from $0.001644/sec to $0.001267/sec (23% decrease). Pulse files it as a pricing change (threshold added, price decrease, feature added) with a downward 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 Team Plan Base Price Increased by 150% Amidst Multiple GPU Price Reductions and New Features" (Q3 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, Team, Enterprise · LimitAddedNo Deployed apps metricDeployed apps metric
- GPU · Price−28%$0.001319/sec$0.000944/sec
- — · Price−29%$0.0000533/core/sec$0.000038/core/sec
- — · FeatureAddedNo Nvidia L40S GPUNvidia L40S GPU
- GPU · Price−12%$0.000881/sec$0.000772/sec
- H100 GPU · Price−23%$0.001644/sec$0.001267/sec
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter, Team, Enterprise | Limit | No Deployed apps metric | Deployed apps metric | Added |
| GPU | Price | $0.001319/sec | $0.000944/sec | −28% |
| — | Price | $0.0000533/core/sec | $0.000038/core/sec | −29% |
| — | Feature | No Nvidia L40S GPU | Nvidia L40S GPU | Added |
| GPU | Price | $0.000881/sec | $0.000772/sec | −12% |
| H100 GPU | Price | $0.001644/sec | $0.001267/sec | −23% |
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 Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where gpu price reads $0.001319/sec and then $0.000944/sec.
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Modal, the last 90 days
Full history- Q3 2025packagingModal Restructures Credit Grants for Startups and Academics, Enhancing Support for Emerging Innovators
- 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 · this change
- Q3 2024decreaseModal Team Plan Base Price Increased by 150% Amidst Multiple GPU Price Reductions and New Features
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 January 2025?
No — prices went down. Between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025 Modal's pricing page showed 4 price cuts: GPU: $0.001319/sec → $0.000944/sec (−28%); $0.0000533/core/sec → $0.000038/core/sec (−29%); GPU: $0.000881/sec → $0.000772/sec (−12%); H100 GPU: $0.001644/sec → $0.001267/sec (−23%).
What changed on Modal's pricing page between Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025?
Starter, Team, Enterprise limit: No Deployed apps metric → Deployed apps metric, added; GPU price: $0.001319/sec → $0.000944/sec (−28%); price: $0.0000533/core/sec → $0.000038/core/sec (−29%); feature: No Nvidia L40S GPU → Nvidia L40S GPU, added; GPU price: $0.000881/sec → $0.000772/sec (−12%); H100 GPU price: $0.001644/sec → $0.001267/sec (−23%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 1, 2024 and Jan 1, 2025; 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 Team Plan Base Price Increased by 150% Amidst Multiple GPU Price Reductions and New Features" in Q3 2024; Modal has been tracked since 2023-11-14.