Google Cloud vs Modal
As of , Modal lists the lower on-demand rate on 5 of the 7 GPUs both offer on-demand; Google Cloud wins on 2. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA B200: Google Cloud $16.11 (us-west1) vs Modal $6.25 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $9.86 (61%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Google Cloud |  Modal | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 median $6.99 · 35 providers · lowest Beam $4.11 from | $16.11 us-west1 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $6.25 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $9.86 (61%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM median $3.52 · 38 providers · lowest Cudo Compute $1.79 GPU only | $9.80 us-west8 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $3.95 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $5.85 (60%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 51 providers · lowest Beam $2.09 from | $9.31 us-west1 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $4.54 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $4.77 (51%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.00 · 58 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $3.93 us-central1 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $2.50 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $1.43 (36%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 20 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.68 from | $2.93 us-central1 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $2.10 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.84 (28%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA L4 median $0.80 · 21 providers · lowest Hikube $0.27 GPU only | $0.56 us-east4 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.80 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.24 (30%) | Google Cloud |
| NVIDIA T4 median $0.55 · 15 providers · lowest immers.cloud $0.24 | $0.35 us-east5 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.59 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.24 (41%) | Google Cloud |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Google Cloud | Modal |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | $1.45 captured | — |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM | $1.06 captured | — |
| NVIDIA H200 | $5.28 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $0.40 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB | $0.31 captured | — |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Google Cloud 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 B200: Google Cloud $16.11 (us-west1) vs Modal $6.25 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $9.86 (61%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H100 SXM: Google Cloud $9.80 (us-west8) vs Modal $3.95 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $5.85 (60%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H200: Google Cloud $9.31 (us-west1) vs Modal $4.54 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $4.77 (51%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Google Cloud $3.93 (us-central1) vs Modal $2.50 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $1.43 (36%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: Google Cloud $2.93 (us-central1) vs Modal $2.10 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $0.84 (28%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L4: Google Cloud $0.56 (us-east4) vs Modal $0.80 per GPU-hour on-demand — Google Cloud is $0.24 (30%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA T4: Google Cloud $0.35 (us-east5) vs Modal $0.59 per GPU-hour on-demand — Google Cloud is $0.24 (41%) 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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