Modal: Pricing page changed: wording only

PricingWording only (model (Jev), 99%)Changed 2026-10-31 08:45 UTCmodal.com

Summary

Modal added pricing FAQ guidance for estimating Sandbox costs based on active resources rather than fixed reservations: duration × rate × average CPU cores used for CPU, and duration × rate × average GiB for memory. This clarifies cost estimation without showing a change to rates or billing terms.

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What changed

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…total charges, i.e., $0.491 per 1,000 images . nothing here Do I need to purchase credits? Workspaces receive…

…total charges, i.e., $0.491 per 1,000 images . How should I estimate the total cost of Modal Sandboxes? Because Modal Sandboxes are billed based on active resources, you should estimate total cost differently than you would with other Sandbox providers who charge based on fixed reservations. For CPU, you can estimate by calculating: Sandbox duration × rate × average CPU cores used. For memory, you can estimate by calculating: Sandbox duration × rate × average GiB used. It's important to use the average resource consumption instead of the peak because Modal Sandboxes are charged based on the max(request, usage). For most Modal Sandboxes, the guidance is to not request any resources, defaulting to a small reservation of 0.125 cores and 128 MiB of memory. Modal Sandboxes are designed to burst above their reservation as needed. Since Sandboxes typically have bursty resource consumption, the difference between peak usage and average usage can be significant. Calculating the price of Modal Sandboxes by using peak resource consumption will usually significantly overestimate the total cost. Do I need to purchase credits? Workspaces receive…

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History of this page

Sunday, November 1

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Modal removed a promotional banner about its Series D, $1B in annualized run rate, and future plans from the pricing page. The diff shows no changes to customer pricing, plans, or features.

Saturday, October 31

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Modal added pricing FAQ guidance for estimating Sandbox costs based on active resources rather than fixed reservations: duration × rate × average CPU cores used for CPU, and duration × rate × average GiB for memory. This clarifies cost estimation without showing a change to rates or billing terms.

Friday, October 30

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Modal’s pricing page renamed navigation labels from “Products” to “Product” in several places. Only navigation wording changed; no pricing, plan, feature, or limit changes are shown.

Saturday, October 24

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Modal’s pricing page no longer lists Notebooks as covered by included compute usage, leaving Functions and Sandboxes. Notebooks was also removed from the pricing heading and product navigation; the illustrative GPU cost figures remain unchanged.

Friday, October 23

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Modal removed Playground links, including “Explore Modal in the browser,” from navigation on its pricing page. The diff shows navigation changes only, not a change to Playground availability, plans or pricing.

Wednesday, October 21

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Modal’s pricing page now states that Sandboxes are billed at non-preemptible rates of 3x list price for CPU and Memory. It clarifies that CPU Sandboxes are not subject to preemption, while Functions are preemptible by default, explaining the billing difference without showing a previous rate.

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Pricing page changed: wording only on Modal’s Pricing page, changed 2026-10-31 08:45 UTC (change 5 of 6).

Title: Pricing page changed: wording only
Vendor: Modal
Date: 2026-10-31 08:45 UTC
URL: https://rewindex.com/change/p11964

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