Modal adds included token usage row, renames free credits to free compute
What happened
Between the Sep 11, 2026 and Sep 12, 2026 captures of Modal's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Modal added an 'Included token usage' row (0 for all plans) to the comparison table, relabeled 'free credits' as 'free compute' on plan cards, and added 2 FAQs on included usage and Starter billing. Pulse files it as a product change (positioning) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 26, 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.
It lands one day after Modal's previous change, "Modal swaps Okta SSO for SAML SSO in Enterprise audit logs bullet" (Sep 11, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Modal slashes region surcharge floor from 1.5x to 1.15x across all tiers" (Sep 3, 2026), "Modal: Added Environment-level budgets to Team and Enterprise plans" (Aug 10, 2026) and "Modal: Team plan container limit increased 1000→5000" (Aug 4, 2026). Modal has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Together AI, Lambda Labs, Paper, Huggingface and Anyscale also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Starter · PositioningAdded
BeforeNo 'Included token usage' row
After'Included token usage' row
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Positioning | No 'Included token usage' row | 'Included token usage' row | Added |
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 Sep 11, 2026 and Sep 12, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where 'Included token usage' row now appears.
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Modal, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 26, 2026packagingModal drops Notebooks from its Sandbox pricing section and product footer
- Oct 5, 2026improvedModal adds $0.04/GiB network egress fee, with up to 100 TiB free per plan
- Sep 14, 2026improvedModal renames Enterprise SSO from Okta to standards-based SAML
- Sep 12, 2026packagingModal adds included token usage row, renames free credits to free compute · this change
- Sep 11, 2026improvedModal swaps Okta SSO for SAML SSO in Enterprise audit logs bullet
- Sep 8, 2026decreaseModal cuts region surcharge floor to 1.15x, easing cross-region compute costs
- Sep 3, 2026decreaseModal slashes region surcharge floor from 1.5x to 1.15x across all tiers
- Aug 10, 2026improvedModal: Added Environment-level budgets to Team and Enterprise plans
- Aug 4, 2026improvedModal: Team plan container limit increased 1000→5000
- Jul 13, 2026packagingModal adds Nvidia B300 GPU tier at $0.001972/sec, above B200
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- Together AISep 12Together AI replaces 3 fine-tuning size tiers with 29 per-model price rows
- Lambda LabsJul 27Lambda Labs gates HGX B200 clusters behind sales, keeps $9.86–$8.87/hr rates
- PaperJul 6Paper: removed "collaboration files" from Free and Pro plan lists
- HuggingfaceJul 3Enterprise SCIM provisioning & Team SSO OIDC added + 2 more changes
- AnyscaleJun 15Anyscale pulls H100/H200 GPU prices, pushes enterprise sales
Questions about this change
Did Modal raise prices in September 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Sep 11, 2026 and Sep 12, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: positioning.
What changed on Modal's pricing page between Sep 11, 2026 and Sep 12, 2026?
Starter positioning: No 'Included token usage' row → 'Included token usage' row, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Sep 11, 2026 and Sep 12, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Modal change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 7 other pricing-page changes for Modal in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Modal swaps Okta SSO for SAML SSO in Enterprise audit logs bullet" on Sep 11, 2026; Modal has been tracked since 2023-11-14.