Modal vs RunPod
Modal and RunPod do not currently list any of the same GPUs with verified on-demand pricing, so there is no direct price head-to-head today. The table below shows what each offers, verified 2026-08-22. Platform facts come from each provider's own documentation.
Modal
Price per GPU, side by side (2026-08-22)
| GPU (on-demand $/hr) | Modal | RunPod | Price diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX A4000 | not offered | $0.25 | – |
| RTX A5000 | not offered | $0.27 | – |
| A40 | not offered | $0.44 | – |
| L4 | not offered | $0.49 | – |
| RTX 3090 | not offered | $0.50 | – |
| RTX A6000 | not offered | $0.53 | – |
| RTX PRO 4500 | not offered | $0.72 | – |
| RTX 4090 | not offered | $0.74 | – |
| L40 | not offered | $0.82 | – |
| RTX 6000 Ada | not offered | $0.84 | – |
| L40S | not offered | $0.99 | – |
| RTX 5090 | not offered | $0.99 | – |
| A100 | not offered | $1.39 | – |
| RTX PRO 6000 | not offered | $1.89 | – |
| MI300X | not offered | $2.39 | – |
| H100 | not offered | $2.89 | – |
| H200 | not offered | $3.79 | – |
| B200 | not offered | $6.79 | – |
| B300 | not offered | $7.89 | – |
Cheapest verified on-demand rate per side from today's snapshot; highlighted = cheaper. Price diff is the absolute and percent saving on the cheaper side (named), relative to the higher price; – means one side does not offer that GPU on-demand. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
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Platform facts
| Modal | RunPod | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing increment | per-second | per-second |
| Egress | not published | free |
| Storage /GB-mo | not published | $0.10/GB/month volume disk; $0.07/GB/month network volume under 1TB |
| Spot offered | yes | not published |
| Reserved offered | no | yes self-serve |
| Notebook support | one-click Jupyter | templates |
From each provider's documentation, verified 2026-07-07; sources on the fees matrix and enterprise matrix.
FAQ
Every GPU Modal lists with on-demand pricing is also available on RunPod. RunPod lists 19 that Modal does not: RTX A4000, RTX A5000, A40, L4, RTX 3090, RTX A6000 and 13 more.
Prices render from the live dataset each build. More: the screener · price movers · methodology.