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Modal

Partially Agent-Ready
Agent-Ready SaaS Index · modal.com · scored 2026-05-03 · rubric v1.1
Score 53 / 100
AI Inference
Self-serve checkout
Public API

Modal publishes a pricing page with 5 discoverable plan tier(s). No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. Self-serve signup exists alongside a sales-led / custom tier. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall.

See Modal pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing snapshot
Pricing summary
As of 2026-05-03 · derived from modal.com/pricing
Entry paid

$30

per month
Tier 2

Higher volume

Tier 3

Higher volume

Tier 4

Higher volume

7 additional priced steps detected — typically a volume slider or bulk-purchase ladder. See live page for full list.Snapshot rendered from xpay's extracted pricing signals. The full tier list lives on the live page — see source link above.
Score breakdown · rubric v1.1
How Modal scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing

15 / 15

Usage-based / metered

0 / 25

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API

15 / 15

Low / no minimum

5 / 10

Unauth automated payment

3 / 10

Bonus (machine-readable pricing)On top of /100 base

0 / 5

Total
53 / 100
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from Modal?
✓

Discover price

https://modal.com/pricing — per-second resource table
✓

Select a plan

Starter, Team, Enterprise tiers programmatically distinct
✓

Pay per task

Per-CPU-cycle billing
◐

Avoid a sales call

Starter and Team self-serve
✓

API docs without auth

https://modal.com/docs public
✓

Estimate cost upfront

Per-second hardware unit prices listed
Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-03. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
  • Per-unit billing is published, so an agent can budget for a single task before committing.
  • API documentation is reachable without a login — discovery and integration can happen in one session.
  • Per-unit rate is concrete enough that an agent can model expected spend before issuing a request.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • Some tiers are sales-led; the highest-capacity surfaces are not self-serve.
  • PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How Modal could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

Pricing as magical as our product — With Modal, you always pay for what you use and nothing more. You never pay for idle resources — just actual compute time, by the CPU cycle.

tier_count

7

lowest_paid_entry_usd

30

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

5

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

https://modal.com/docs

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

null

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

true

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":true,"sitemap_xml":false,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

View raw extracted page text →
Page heading: Pricing as magical as our product
CTAs (40): Customers · Pricing · Docs · Log In · Sign Up · Get Started · Contact Us · Per hour Per second Per hour Per second · Get started with $30 / month free credit Get Started · Sign in to upgrade Sign in to upgrade · Get in touch Get in touch · Apply Now
Price tokens (31): $0.001736 / secNvidia H · $0.001261 / secNvidia H · $0.001097 / secNvidia RTX PRO · $0.000842 / secNvidia A · $0.000694 / secNvidia A · $0.000583 / secNvidia L · $0.000542 / secNvidia A · $0.000306 / secNvidia L · $0.000222 / secNvidia T · $0.000164 / sec CPU Physical core · $0.0000131 / core · $0.00000222 / GiB
Product Solutions Resources CustomersPricingDocs Log In Sign Up Pricing as magical as our product With Modal, you always pay for what you use and nothing more. You never pay for idle resources — just actual compute time, by the CPU cycle. Get Started Contact Us Resource costs Per hour Per second Per hour Per second GPU Tasks Nvidia B200 $0.001736 / secNvidia H200 $0.001261 / secNvidia H100 $0.001097 / secNvidia RTX PRO 6000 $0.000842 / secNvidia A100, 80 GB $0.000694 / secNvidia A100, 40 GB $0.000583 / secNvidia L40S $0.000542 / secNvidia A10 $0.000306 / secNvidia L4 $0.000222 / secNvidia T4 $0.000164 / sec CPU Physical core (2 vCPU equivalent) $0.0000131 / core / sec *minimum of 0.125 cores per container Memory $0.00000222 / GiB / sec Volumes $0.09 / GiB / mo *includes 1 TiB / mo free PRICING PLANS Starter $0 + compute / month Built for small teams and independent developers looking to level up. Get started with $30 / month free credit Get Started $30 / month free credits 3 workspace seats included 100 containers + 10 GPU concurrency Crons and web endpoints (limited) Real-time metrics and logs Region selectionTeam $250 + compute / month Built for startups and larger organizations looking to scale quickly. Sign in to upgrade Sign in to upgrade $100 / month free credits Unlimited seats 1000 containers + 50 GPU concurrency Unlimited crons and web endpoints Custom domains Static IP proxy Deployment rollbacksEnterprise Custom For organizations prioritizing security, support, and …
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Agent-Ready Spec
Modal
Partially Agent-Ready

53

/ 100 (rubric v1.1)
Category

AI Inference

Pricing model

Not advertised

Tier count

7 (slider / volume ladder)

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

$30/mo

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

5 / 0

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-03

Actions
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Verdict reflects Partially Agent-Ready status under rubric v1.1. Source observed at https://modal.com/pricing.
Agent-friendly features1 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

x402 / MPP

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