# Modal

> Serverless cloud platform for running AI, GPU, batch, and inference workloads.

## Core Metadata

- **Category:** Developer Tools
- **Pricing Model:** Freemium
- **Last Verified:** July 2026

## Detailed Pricing

Starter is $0 plus compute with $30/month free credits. Team is $250/month plus compute. Enterprise is custom.

- **Starter:** Free
- **Team:** $250 / month
- **Enterprise:** Custom


### Other Pricing Notes

- Modal charges separately for actual compute resources like CPU, memory, and GPU seconds.
- FutureStack plan pricing summarizes workspace plans, not full compute usage.


- **Official Pricing:** https://modal.com/pricing

## About the Tool

Modal is a serverless cloud platform for running AI, machine learning, GPU, batch, and backend workloads. It lets developers deploy Python functions, containers, scheduled jobs, inference services, notebooks, and data processing tasks without managing traditional cloud infrastructure.

The platform is especially useful for AI founders and SaaS builders who need GPUs or scalable compute but do not want to provision servers manually. Modal can scale workloads up and down based on demand, making it useful for inference APIs, image generation pipelines, batch processing, fine-tuning jobs, model experiments, and internal ML tools.

Modal's pricing model focuses on actual compute usage, with separate resource costs for CPUs, memory, GPUs, storage, and plan-level workspace features. This makes it attractive for spiky workloads where traditional cloud instances may sit idle.

For FutureStack, Modal belongs in Developer Tools because it helps technical builders ship AI infrastructure faster. It is best for developers and founders who need practical compute for model-serving, data jobs, agent backends, automation systems, and production AI workloads.

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