Modal free tier includes Serverless platform for running CPU and GPU workloads… Verified September 2026. Compare with 7 alternatives in AI / ML.
Subtypes in AI / ML: gpu_compute — sells accelerator time for code you write; the unit billed is machine time, not a model call; agent_sandbox — isolated execution environments provisioned programmatically for code an agent writes. We read that on 2026-09-01 from https://modal.com/pricing, where it says: “Modal Sandbox + Notebooks Pricing” How we use this.
Modal's free tier offers Serverless platform for running CPU and GPU workloads… It's stable — zero pricing changes recorded. Best for ai / ml workloads — 7 alternatives available.
Serverless platform for running CPU and GPU workloads. The Starter plan has no monthly fee and includes $30 of compute per month (GPU, CPU and memory), 3 workspace seats, 100 containers and 10 GPU concurrency. Usage beyond the $30 is billed per second: T4 $0.000164 per second; H100 $0.001097 per second. Since 2026-09-01, Shared Endpoints are billed per token from the first request and are not covered by the $30. Team is $250 per month with $100 of compute included.
We read that on 2026-09-22 from https://modal.com/pricing, and our check recorded: the page names Modal as "modal" and states "$30".
No recorded pricing changes for Modal. This is a good sign — stable pricing.
How Modal compares against every one of the 7 we list, not against a selection of them. A surface with room for every member of a tied set may rotate their order. A surface with room for only some of them names none of them, because which ones it named would be the claim, and a claim seeded on the date is not the one we serve tomorrow. How we decide this.
| Service | Free Tier | Stability |
|---|---|---|
| Modal | Free | stable |
| paperspace | Free | stable |
| Kaggle | Free | stable |
| Daytona | Free Credits | stable |
| E2B | Free Credits | stable |
| Novita Sandbox | Free Credits | stable |
| Runloop | Free Credits | stable |
| Blaxel | Free Credits | stable |
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"tool": "search_deals",
"arguments": {
"query": "Modal",
"limit": 5
}
}
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