Modal Announces Significant Price Reductions Across Multiple GPU and CPU Services, Enhancing Accessibility for Users
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 captures of Modal's pricing page, Pulse recorded 9 changes: CPU core price decreased from $0.000038/core/sec to $0.0000131/core/sec (65.5% decrease); Nvidia H100 GPU price decreased from $0.001267/sec to $0.001097/sec (13.4% decrease); Memory price decreased from $0.00000667/GiB/sec to $0.00000222/GiB/sec (66.7% decrease); Nvidia A100 80GB GPU price decreased from $0.000944/sec to $0.000694/sec (26.5% decrease); Region selection feature moved from Team plan to Starter plan (democratization); Startup and academic credits increased from $25k to $50k; Nvidia A100 40GB GPU price decreased from $0.000772/sec to $0.000583/sec (24.5% decrease); Team plan GPU concurrency increased from 30 to 50; Enterprise plan feature changed from 'Custom monthly free compute' to 'Volume-based pricing'. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease, feature change, discount change, limit increase) 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 Announces Major Price Drop: Nvidia H100 GPU Now at $0.001267/sec, a 23% Reduction" (Q4 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.
- — · Price−66%$0.000038/core/sec$0.0000131/core/sec
- H100 GPU · Price−13%$0.001267/sec$0.001097/sec
- Memory · Price−67%$0.00000667/GiB/sec$0.00000222/GiB/sec
- GPU · Price−26%$0.000944/sec$0.000694/sec
- Team, Starter · FeatureChangedTeam planStarter plan
- — · Discount+100%$25k$50k
- GPU · Price−24%$0.000772/sec$0.000583/sec
- Team · Limit+67%3050
- Enterprise · FeatureReworded
BeforeCustom monthly free compute
AfterVolume-based pricing
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Price | $0.000038/core/sec | $0.0000131/core/sec | −66% |
| H100 GPU | Price | $0.001267/sec | $0.001097/sec | −13% |
| Memory | Price | $0.00000667/GiB/sec | $0.00000222/GiB/sec | −67% |
| GPU | Price | $0.000944/sec | $0.000694/sec | −26% |
| Team, Starter | Feature | Team plan | Starter plan | Changed |
| — | Discount | $25k | $50k | +100% |
| GPU | Price | $0.000772/sec | $0.000583/sec | −24% |
| Team | Limit | 30 | 50 | +67% |
| Enterprise | Feature | Custom monthly free compute | Volume-based pricing | Reworded |
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, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where price reads $0.000038/core/sec and then $0.0000131/core/sec.
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Modal, the last 90 days
Full history- Q4 2025packagingModal Reduces Startup Credit Grant from $50k to $25k for Early-Stage Startups
- 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 · this change
- Q4 2024decreaseModal Announces Major Price Drop: Nvidia H100 GPU Now at $0.001267/sec, a 23% Reduction
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 2025?
No — prices went down. Between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 Modal's pricing page showed 5 price cuts: $0.000038/core/sec → $0.0000131/core/sec (−66%); H100 GPU: $0.001267/sec → $0.001097/sec (−13%); Memory: $0.00000667/GiB/sec → $0.00000222/GiB/sec (−67%); GPU: $0.000944/sec → $0.000694/sec (−26%); GPU: $0.000772/sec → $0.000583/sec (−24%).
What changed on Modal's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025?
Price: $0.000038/core/sec → $0.0000131/core/sec (−66%); H100 GPU price: $0.001267/sec → $0.001097/sec (−13%); Memory price: $0.00000667/GiB/sec → $0.00000222/GiB/sec (−67%); GPU price: $0.000944/sec → $0.000694/sec (−26%); Team, Starter feature: Team plan → Starter plan, changed; discount: $25k → $50k (+100%); GPU price: $0.000772/sec → $0.000583/sec (−24%); Team limit: 30 → 50 (+67%); Enterprise feature: Custom monthly free compute → Volume-based pricing, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 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 Announces Major Price Drop: Nvidia H100 GPU Now at $0.001267/sec, a 23% Reduction" in Q4 2024; Modal has been tracked since 2023-11-14.