Modal vs RunPod Pods

In short

• Both: API, Official SDKs, Runs models for you
• Only Modal states: Agent that edits files, Choice of models, Builds agents and workflows, Traces and evaluates
• Only RunPod Pods states: Command line

Modal

Modal is a serverless cloud platform for running AI inference, training, batch jobs, and isolated code sandboxes.

Plans

Starter

Free

• $30 / month free compute
• 3 workspace seats included
• 100 containers + 10 GPU concurrency
• Scheduled and Web Functions (limited)
• Real-time metrics and logs
• Region selection

Team

• $250 + compute / month

• $100 / month free compute
• Unlimited seats
• 5000 containers + 50 GPU concurrency
• Unlimited Scheduled Functions
• Custom domains
• Static IP proxy

Enterprise

Price on request

• Volume-based discounts
• Unlimited seats
• Higher GPU concurrency
• Embedded ML engineering services
• Environment-level budgets
• Support via private Slack

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Agent that edits files — “Autonomous agents with the right tools, context, and credentials already in place — running securely in a full, isolated dev environment.” source
• Choice of models — “Run any model or inference engine on H100s, A100s, A10Gs and more.” source
• API — “Serve your own LLM API” source
• Official SDKs — “Modal SDK” source
• Runs models for you — “Deploy and scale inference for LLMs, audio, image/video generation.” source
• Builds agents and workflows — “Designed to scale agents.” source
• Traces and evaluates — “Debug fast by zooming into metrics, logs, and live statuses of specific inference calls.” source

Latest updates

• 2026-09-17 Network egress usage broken down by app

  The Usage page now shows network egress per app.

• 2026-09-15 New controls for unauthenticated web endpoints

  Filter by authentication, audit unauthenticated deployments, and block them per environment.

• 2026-09-15 User groups for RBAC-enabled workspaces

  Assign environment roles to groups of members, created manually or synced from your identity provider via SCIM.

RunPod Pods

RunPod Pods are dedicated cloud GPU instances for AI development, training, inference, batch jobs, and long-running workloads.

Plans

B300

• $6.94 /hr (Community Cloud)
• $ 7.89 /hr (Secure Cloud)

• 288 GB HBM3e
• 251 GB RAM
• 32 vCPUs

H200

• $3.59 /hr (Community Cloud)
• $ 4.59 /hr (Secure Cloud)

• 141 GB VRAM
• 276 GB RAM
• 24 vCPUs

B200

• $5.98 /hr (Community Cloud)
• $ 6.79 /hr (Secure Cloud)

• 180 GB VRAM
• 283 GB RAM
• 28 vCPUs

RTX Pro 6000

• $1.69 /hr (Community Cloud)
• $ 2.09 /hr (Secure Cloud)

• 96 GB VRAM
• 188 GB RAM
• 16 vCPUs

H100 NVL

• $2.59 /hr (Community Cloud)
• $ 3.19 /hr (Secure Cloud)

• 94 GB VRAM
• 94 GB RAM
• 16 vCPUs

H100 PCIe

• $1.99 /hr (Community Cloud)
• $ 2.89 /hr (Secure Cloud)

• 80 GB VRAM
• 188 GB RAM
• 16 vCPUs

H100 SXM

• $2.69 /hr (Community Cloud)
• $ 3.49 /hr (Secure Cloud)

• 80 GB VRAM
• 125 GB RAM
• 20 vCPUs

A100 PCIe

• $1.19 /hr (Community Cloud)
• $ 1.59 /hr (Secure Cloud)

• 80 GB VRAM
• 117 GB RAM
• 8 vCPUs

A100 SXM

• $1.39 /hr (Community Cloud)
• $ 1.59 /hr

• 80 GB VRAM
• 125 GB RAM
• 16 vCPUs

Pro 6000 MIG 48GB

• $ 1.09 /hr

• 48 GB VRAM
• 62 GB RAM
• 8 vCPUs

Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

• Command line — “CLI & SDKs. Deploy and manage directly from your terminal.” source
• API — “Full API access. Automate everything with a simple, flexible API.” source
• Official SDKs — “CLI & SDKs. Deploy and manage directly from your terminal.” source
• Runs models for you — “Run API-based AI workloads with serverless GPU endpoints.” source

Latest updates

• 2026-09-15 Global Volumes - Beta

  Mount it at startup across any region; no copying data between data centers required.

• 2026-09-14 Nano Banana Edit

  The Nano Banana Edit endpoint will be retired September 28, 2026. Migrate to Nano Banana 2 Edit.

• 2026-09-10 Sales tax and tax ID support

  Runpod collects sales tax on credit purchases. Add a business tax ID at checkout or in your account settings.