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Baseten vs Modal

Baseten or Modal? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.

In short

  • Both: Choice of models, API, Runs models for you
  • Only Baseten states: Self-hosted
  • Only Modal states: Agent that edits files, Official SDKs, Builds agents and workflows, Traces and evaluates

Baseten

Baseten provides managed infrastructure to deploy, serve, train, and distribute open-source, custom, and fine-tuned AI models.

Plans

Basic

Free

  • Dedicated deployments
  • Model APIs
  • Training
  • Fast cold starts
  • SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliant
  • Email and in-app chat support

Dedicated Deployments — T4

  • $0.01052 per minute
  • 16 GiB VM

Dedicated Deployments — L4

  • $0.01414 per minute
  • 24 GiB VRAM

Dedicated Deployments — A10G

  • $0.02012 per minute
  • 24 GiB VM

Dedicated Deployments — A100

  • $0.06667 per minute
  • 80 GiB VRAM

Dedicated Deployments — H100 MIG

  • $0.0625 per minute
  • 40 GiB VRAM

Dedicated Deployments — H100

  • $0.10833 per minute
  • 80 GiB VRAM

Dedicated Deployments — B200

  • $0.16633 per minute
  • 180 GiB VRAM

Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.

Capabilities

  • Choice of models — “You can deploy open source and custom models on Baseten.” source
  • Self-hosted — “Yes, you can self-host Baseten in order to manage security and use your own cloud commitments.” source
  • API — “Model APIs” source
  • Runs models for you — “Instant access to pre-optimized models running on the Baseten Inference Stack.” source

Security

  • SOC 2 Type II — “Baseten Labs, Inc. SOC 2 Type 2 Report 5.31.26.pdf” source
  • SOC 2 — “Baseten Labs, Inc. SOC 2 Type 2 Report 5.31.26.pdf” source
  • ISO 27001 — “Baseten Labs, Inc. ISO 27001 Certificate.pdf” source
  • GDPR — “SOC 2 ISO 27001:2022 HIPAA CCPA GDPR PCI DSS - SAQ D” source
  • HIPAA — “Baseten Labs, Inc. HIPAA Report 5.31.26.pdf” source

Latest updates

About Baseten

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

About Modal