RunPod vs Modal

Round by round

1. Round 1The cheapest H100RunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   $1.99

   H100 PCIe on Community Cloud ($2.89 on Secure Cloud)

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   Modal5/10

   $3.95

   H100 at $0.001097 a second, about $3.95 an hour

   • $3.95, against $1.99

   Source: modal.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

2. Round 2The cheapest A100RunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   $1.19

   A100 PCIe on Community Cloud ($1.59 on Secure Cloud)

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   Modal5/10

   $2.10

   A100 40GB at $0.000583 a second, about $2.10 an hour

   • $2.10, against $1.19

   Source: modal.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

3. Round 3The cheapest H200RunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   $3.59

   H200 on Community Cloud ($4.59 on Secure Cloud)

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   Modal5/10

   $4.54

   H200 at $0.001261 a second

   • $4.54, against $3.59

   Source: modal.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

4. Round 4The cheapest B200RunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   $5.98

   B200 on Community Cloud ($6.79 on Secure Cloud)

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   Modal5/10

   $6.25

   B200 at $0.001736 a second

   • $6.25, against $5.98

   Source: modal.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

5. Round 5How cheap you can startRunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   $0.34

   RTX 4090 on Community Cloud, the cheapest listed ($0.74 on Secure Cloud)

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   Modal5/10

   $0.59

   a T4 at $0.000164 a second

   • $0.59, against $0.34

   Source: modal.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

6. Round 6What it costs to get your data outRunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   No egress fees

   no charge for data in or out of pods

   Source: docs.runpod.io ↗

   Modal5/10

   1 TiB free, then $0.04 per GiB

   network egress is billed from 1 October 2026; the Starter plan includes 1 TiB a cycle

   • 1 TiB free, then $0.04 per GiB, against No egress fees

   Source: modal.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.

7. Round 7What storage costs per monthRunPod wins
   RunPod8/10

   $0.07/GB-mo (network volume)

   Pods on-demand (price shown on pricing page)

   Source: runpod.io ↗

   Modal5/10

   $0.09/GiB-mo (Volumes)

   serverless pay-per-second GPU pricing

   • $0.09/GiB-mo (Volumes), against $0.07/GB-mo (network volume)

   Source: modal.com ↗

   RunPod wins this round on what the published sources say.

Side by side

Top ratedRunPod

Check price

Modal

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Overall score

7.4

Best

6.4

Price

See price

See price

The cheapest H100

7.6

6.6

The cheapest A100

7.6

6.2

What it costs to get your data out

7.8

6.6

How many places it runs

6.0

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How cheap you can start

6.8

6.0

Head-to-head findings

The cheapest H100

$1.99

$3.95

The cheapest A100

$1.19

$2.10

What it costs to get your data out

No egress fees

1 TiB free, then $0.04 per GiB

How many places it runs

31 regions

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How cheap you can start

$0.34/hr

$0.59

What customers say on Trustpilot

3.8 out of 5

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How precisely you are billed

Billed by the second

Billed by the second

What storage costs per month

$0.07/GB-mo (network volume)

$0.09/GiB-mo (Volumes)

Record

Head-to-head record

7–1

3–2

Head-to-heads won

88 %

60 %

Rounds won

77 %

35 %

Pros

• H100 PCIe on Community Cloud ($2.89 on Secure Cloud)
• A100 PCIe on Community Cloud ($1.59 on Secure Cloud)

Cons

• $1.99, against $0.90
• $1.19, against $0.35
• $0.34, against $0.13
• 31 regions, against 500+ locations

• $3.95, against $1.99
• $2.10, against $1.19
• $4.54, against $3.59
• $6.25, against $5.98

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