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Modal vs Runpod pricing
Modal is cheaper to start: $0.000164 per second of compute against $0.89 per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($0.34 on Community Cloud) for Runpod. We only have Modal's current prices so far. We only have Runpod's current prices so far.
Modal vs Runpod at a glance
Current list prices as last read from each pricing page.
Modal
- Starts at
- $0.000164 per second of computeNvidia T4, USD per second of compute
- Top listed plan
- $0.001097 per second of computeNvidia H100 SXM5
- Priced by
- unknown
- Free plan
- Not recorded
- Price history
- read Sep 2026
- Price changes
- unknown
Runpod
- Starts at
- $0.89 per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($0.34 on Community Cloud)RTX 4090 pod, USD per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on-demand pod
- Top listed plan
- $5.29 per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($3.59 on Community Cloud)H200 pod
- Priced by
- Usage based
- Free plan
- Not recorded
- Price history
- read Oct 2026
- Price changes
- unknown
Exhibit 1
Modal vs Runpod price history
We have a multi-year history for neither product yet; the other line shows the current price only.
Show the data as a table
| Observed | Modal Nvidia T4 | Runpod RTX 4090 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | $0.00 | |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.89 |
Plans side by side
Every plan currently listed, with the price it started at where we have it.
ModalUSD per second of compute
| Plan | Price | Listed since |
|---|---|---|
| Nvidia T4 | $0.00 | Sep 2026 |
| Nvidia A100, 80 GB | $0.00 | Sep 2026 |
| Nvidia H100 SXM5 | $0.00 | Sep 2026 |
RunpodUSD per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on-demand pod
| Plan | Price | Listed since |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 4090 | $0.89 | Oct 2026 |
| L40S | $1.09 | Oct 2026 |
| A100 80GB SXM | $1.79 | Oct 2026 |
| H100 PCIe | $2.89 | Oct 2026 |
| H100 SXM | $3.99 | Oct 2026 |
| H200 | $5.29 | Oct 2026 |
Modal vs Runpod pricing questions
- Is Modal or Runpod cheaper?
- Modal starts lower at $0.000164 per second of compute, Runpod at $0.89 per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on demand ($0.34 on Community Cloud). Prices are as shown on each pricing page when it was last read.
- Has Modal or Runpod raised prices?
- We only have current prices for Modal. We only have current prices for Runpod.
- How are Modal and Runpod priced?
- Runpod: usage based, USD per GPU hour, Secure Cloud on-demand pod.