Amazon Web Services vs Modal
As of , Modal lists the lower on-demand rate on 8 of the 10 GPUs both offer on-demand; Amazon Web Services wins on 2. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA B300: Amazon Web Services $17.80 (us-east-1) vs Modal $7.10 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $10.70 (60%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Amazon Web Services |  Modal | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B300 median $8.99 · 23 providers · lowest Deep Infra $5.89 | $17.80 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $7.10 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $10.70 (60%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA B200 median $6.99 · 35 providers · lowest Beam $4.11 from | $14.24 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $6.25 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $7.99 (56%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 51 providers · lowest Beam $2.09 from | $7.91 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $4.54 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $3.37 (43%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM median $3.52 · 38 providers · lowest Cudo Compute $1.79 GPU only | $6.88 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $3.95 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $2.93 (43%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.00 · 58 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $3.43 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.50 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.93 (27%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.21 · 38 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $3.36 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $3.03 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.33 (10%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 20 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.68 from | $2.74 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.10 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.65 (24%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.40 · 38 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.63 | $1.86 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.95 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.09 (5%) | Amazon Web Services |
| NVIDIA L4 median $0.80 · 21 providers · lowest Hikube $0.27 GPU only | $0.80 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.80 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.01 (1%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA T4 median $0.55 · 15 providers · lowest immers.cloud $0.24 | $0.53 us-east-1 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.59 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.06 (11%) | Amazon Web Services |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Amazon Web Services and Modal, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA B300: Amazon Web Services $17.80 (us-east-1) vs Modal $7.10 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $10.70 (60%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA B200: Amazon Web Services $14.24 (us-east-1) vs Modal $6.25 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $7.99 (56%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H200: Amazon Web Services $7.91 (us-east-1) vs Modal $4.54 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $3.37 (43%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H100 SXM: Amazon Web Services $6.88 (us-east-1) vs Modal $3.95 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $2.93 (43%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Amazon Web Services $3.43 (us-east-1) vs Modal $2.50 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $0.93 (27%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Amazon Web Services $3.36 (us-east-1) vs Modal $3.03 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $0.33 (10%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: Amazon Web Services $2.74 (us-east-1) vs Modal $2.10 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $0.65 (24%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L40S: Amazon Web Services $1.86 (us-east-1) vs Modal $1.95 per GPU-hour on-demand — Amazon Web Services is $0.09 (5%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L4: Amazon Web Services $0.80 (us-east-1) vs Modal $0.80 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $0.01 (1%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA T4: Amazon Web Services $0.53 (us-east-1) vs Modal $0.59 per GPU-hour on-demand — Amazon Web Services is $0.06 (11%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
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