Modal quietly removes $25k cap on startup compute credit grants
What happened
Between the May 4, 2026 and May 11, 2026 captures of Modal's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Startup credit grant no longer states a '$25k' maximum — description changed from 'up to $25k free compute credits' to 'free compute credits' with no stated cap. Pulse files it as a product change (feature 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 6 days after Modal's previous change, "Modal caps region pricing at 1.75x, down from 2.5x multiplier" (May 5, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Modal spotlights GLM-5.1 with new pricing page banner and quick-start link" (Apr 13, 2026) and "Modal adds Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 GPU at $0.000842/sec" (Mar 10, 2026). Modal has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Paper, Together AI and Huggingface also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · FeatureReworded
Beforeup to $25k free compute credits
Afterfree compute credits
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Feature | up to $25k free compute credits | free compute credits | 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 May 4, 2026 and May 11, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "up to $25k free compute credits" becomes "free compute credits".
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Modal, the last 90 days
Full history- 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
- May 19, 2026packagingModal rebrands plan features as Scheduled and Web Functions
- May 11, 2026improvedModal quietly removes $25k cap on startup compute credit grants · this change
- 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
- Mar 10, 2026packagingModal adds Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 GPU at $0.000842/sec
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changesQuestions about this change
Did Modal raise prices in May 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between May 4, 2026 and May 11, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change.
What changed on Modal's pricing page between May 4, 2026 and May 11, 2026?
Feature: up to $25k free compute credits → free compute credits, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on May 4, 2026 and May 11, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Modal change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 3 other pricing-page changes for Modal in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Modal caps region pricing at 1.75x, down from 2.5x multiplier" on May 5, 2026; Modal has been tracked since 2023-11-14.