Modal: New Volumes storage pricing + lower Cloud Marketplace multiplier
What happened
Between the Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026 captures of Modal's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Added Volumes storage pricing ($0.09/GiB/mo, 1 TiB/mo free); Cloud Marketplace surcharge changed from 1.25-2.5x to 1.5-1.75x base prices; startup credit copy no longer states the specific $25k amount. In detail: Added Volumes storage pricing ($0.09/GiB/mo, 1 TiB free); Cloud Marketplace multiplier changed 1.25-2.5x to 1.5-1.75x; startup credit grant no longer lists specific $25k amount. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) 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.
It lands 45 days after Modal's previous change, "Modal rebrands plan features as Scheduled and Web Functions" (May 19, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Modal quietly removes $25k cap on startup compute credit grants" (May 11, 2026), "Modal caps region pricing at 1.75x, down from 2.5x multiplier" (May 5, 2026) and "Modal spotlights GLM-5.1 with new pricing page banner and quick-start link" (Apr 13, 2026). Modal has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Together AI, 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.
- — · PackagingAdded
BeforeNo Volumes storage pricing
AfterVolumes storage pricing
- — · PackagingPackage change
Cloud Marketplace multiplier changed 1.25-2.5x to 1.5-1.75x
- — · PackagingRemovedspecific $25k amountNo specific $25k amount
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Packaging | No Volumes storage pricing | Volumes storage pricing | Added |
| — | Packaging | — | 1.5 | Package change |
| — | Packaging | specific $25k amount | No specific $25k amount | Removed |
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 Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Volumes storage pricing now appears.
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Modal, the last 90 days
Full history- 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
- Jul 3, 2026packagingModal: New Volumes storage pricing + lower Cloud Marketplace multiplier · this change
- May 19, 2026packagingModal rebrands plan features as Scheduled and Web Functions
- May 11, 2026improvedModal quietly removes $25k cap on startup compute credit grants
- May 5, 2026packagingModal caps region pricing at 1.75x, down from 2.5x multiplier
- Apr 13, 2026improvedModal spotlights GLM-5.1 with new pricing page banner and quick-start link
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- Together AIJul 4Together AI: new flagship models added, Llama 4 Maverick + Kimi K2.5 removed
- PaperJul 4Paper: Pro image-gen bonus cut to weekly + Organizations tier launched
- 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 June 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on Modal's pricing page between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026?
Packaging: No Volumes storage pricing → Volumes storage pricing, added; Cloud Marketplace multiplier changed 1.25-2.5x to 1.5-1.75x; packaging: specific $25k amount → No specific $25k amount, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Modal change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 4 other pricing-page changes for Modal in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Modal rebrands plan features as Scheduled and Web Functions" on May 19, 2026; Modal has been tracked since 2023-11-14.